éis
See also: Appendix:Variations of "eis"
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish éis (“track, trace”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸanssā, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
éis
- only used in certain phrases; see derived terms
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
éis | n-éis | héis | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *ɸanssā, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
éis f
Declension edit
The word is not well enough attested outside of the prepositional phrases listed under Derived terms below to allow a declension class to be stated with certainty. The dative singular appears as both éis and éisi, suggesting a fluctuation between ā-stem and ī-stem declension.
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
éis | unchanged | n-éis |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 121
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 éis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language