eug
Scottish Gaelic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish éc (compare Irish éag), from Proto-Celtic *ankus (compare Middle Welsh angheu), from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (compare Ancient Greek νέκυς (nékus), Latin nex).
Verb edit
eug (past dh'eug, future eugaidh, verbal noun eug or eugadh, past participle eugte)
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish écaid (“dies”, verb); compare above.
Noun edit
eug m (genitive singular èig)
- verbal noun of eug
- (formal) death, demise
- (with definite article) Death
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “eug”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “éc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “écaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language