Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish éc, from Proto-Celtic *ankus, from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ-. Cognate with Middle Welsh angheu with Breton ankou and with Latin nex, Ancient Greek νέκυς (nékus). Compare Scottish Gaelic eug.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

éag (present analytic éagann, future analytic éagfaidh, verbal noun éag, past participle éagtha)

  1. die
  2. decay

Conjugation edit

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Noun edit

éag m (genitive singular éaga, nominative plural éaga)

  1. verbal noun of éag
  2. death

Declension edit

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Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éag n-éag héag t-éag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 93

Further reading edit