èigh

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish éigid, from Old Irish éigid, from Proto-Celtic *yeigeti.

Pronunciation

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

Mutation

Mutation of èigh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
èigh n-èigh h-èigh t-èigh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  5. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
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