éag

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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

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