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

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