éc

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ec"

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ankus, from Proto-Indo-European *néḱus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːɡ/

Noun

éc m (genitive éca)

1. death

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	éc	écL	écae
Vocative	éc	écL	écu
Accusative	écN	écL	écu
Genitive	écoH, écaH	éco, éca	écaeN
Dative	écL	écaib	écaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: éag
• Scottish Gaelic: eug

Related terms

• écht

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “éc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛk̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɛk̚˦˥]

Interjection

éc

1. (onomatopoeia, of a pig) squeal

Related terms

• ủn ỉn
• lợn; heo
• ỉn