èigh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• éigh (superseded)
• èighich

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːv/

Noun

èigh f (genitive singular èighe, plural èighean)

1. cry, shout
2. (with definite article) tinnitus

   Tha an èigh aig Callum. ― Callum has tinnitus.

Verb

èigh (past dh'èigh, future èighidh, verbal noun èigheachd, past participle èighte)

1. cry, shout
2. announce
3. declare, proclaim

   èigh sìth ― declare peace

Related terms

• èigh air (“call (someone)”)
• èigh do (“shout out to (someone)”)

Mutation

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