éiclips

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Irish

Etymology

From Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”). The modern pronunciation with final /pˠsˠ/ rather than expected /pʲʃ/ shows the influence of English eclipse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːclʲɪpˠsˠ/ (as if spelled éicliops)

Noun

éiclips m (genitive singular éiclips, nominative plural éiclipsí)

  1. (astronomy) eclipse
    Synonym: urú
  2. darkening of sight, blindness; hallucination

Declension

Declension of éiclips (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative éiclips éiclipsí
vocative a éiclips a éiclipsí
genitive éiclips éiclipsí
dative éiclips éiclipsí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-éiclips na héiclipsí
genitive an éiclips na n-éiclipsí
dative leis an éiclips
don éiclips 		leis na héiclipsí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of éiclips
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éiclips n-éiclips héiclips t-éiclips

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

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