éigeas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish éices (“scholar, learned man, sage, poet; member of a bardic retinue”).

Noun

éigeas m (genitive singular éigis, nominative plural éigse)

1. learned man, sage; poet

Declension

Declension of éigeas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative éigeas éigse vocative a éigis a éigse genitive éigis éigse dative éigeas éigse forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-éigeas na héigse genitive an éigis na n-éigse dative leis an éigeas don éigeas leis na héigse

Derived terms

• banéigeas (“learned woman, woman poet, female sage”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of éigeas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éigeas	n-éigeas	héigeas	t-éigeas

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