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éidigh

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish étig.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic èitigh.

Adjective

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éidigh (genitive singular masculine éidigh, genitive singular feminine éidche, plural éidche, comparative éidche) (literary)

  1. ugly
  2. unseemly
Declension
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Declension of éidigh
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative éidigh éidigh éidche;
éidche2
vocative éidigh éidche
genitive éidche éidche éidigh
dative éidigh;
éidigh1
éidigh éidche;
éidche2
Comparative níos éidche
Superlative is éidche

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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From Middle Irish éitid.[2] By surface analysis, éide +‎ -igh.

Verb

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éidigh (present analytic éidíonn, future analytic éideoidh, verbal noun éidiú, past participle éidithe)

  1. to equip, accouter
  2. to clothe
  3. to arm
Conjugation
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of éidigh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éidigh n-éidigh héidigh not applicable

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “étig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “étid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language