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

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

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 (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 93
• “éiclips”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024