éiclips

Irish

Etymology

From Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”). The modern pronunciation with final /pˠsˠ/ rather than expected /pʲʃ/ shows the influence of English eclipse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːclʲɪpˠsˠ/ (as if spelled éicliops)

Noun

éiclips m (genitive singular éiclips, nominative plural éiclipsí)

1. (astronomy) eclipse

   Synonym: urú

2. darkening of sight, blindness; hallucination

Declension

Declension of éiclips (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative éiclips éiclipsí vocative a éiclips a éiclipsí genitive éiclips éiclipsí dative éiclips éiclipsí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-éiclips na héiclipsí genitive an éiclips na n-éiclipsí dative leis an éiclips don éiclips leis na héiclipsí

Derived terms

• lánéiclips
• páirtéiclips

Mutation

Mutated forms of éiclips

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éiclips	n-éiclips	héiclips	t-éiclips

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “éiclips”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éiclips”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 281
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éiclips”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “éiclips”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 93
• “éiclips”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024