éidigh
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish étig.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic èitigh.
Adjective
[edit]éidigh (genitive singular masculine éidigh, genitive singular feminine éidche, plural éidche, comparative éidche) (literary)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éidiġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 282
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éidigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle Irish éitid.[2] By surface analysis, éide + -igh.
Verb
[edit]éidigh (present analytic éidíonn, future analytic éideoidh, verbal noun éidiú, past participle éidithe)
Conjugation
[edit]* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éidiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 282
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éidigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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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
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “étig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “étid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language