éis

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eis"

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish és (“track, trace”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸanssā, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːʃ/

Noun

éis

1. only used in certain phrases; see derived terms

Derived terms

• ar éis
• d'éis
• dar éis
• in éis
• tar éis
• thar éis

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eːsʲ]

Noun

éis

1. inflection of és (“track, trace”):
   1. accusative/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
éis (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-éis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.