From Proto-Celtic *yeigeti, from a reduplicated present *h₁í-h₁eyǵʰ-ti from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyǵʰ-. Distantly related to Ancient Greek ἰχανάω (ikhanáō, “to desire”) and Sanskrit ईहति (īhati, “to desire”).
éigid
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Abs. | éigid; éigthi (with suffixed pronoun -i) | |||||||
| Conj. | |||||||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Imperfect indicative | |||||||||
| Preterite | Abs. | égis | éigsit | ||||||
| Conj. | ·éig | ·héged | |||||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | ro·éig | ro·héged | ||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Future | Abs. | ||||||||
| Conj. | |||||||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Conditional | |||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Abs. | ||||||||
| Conj. | |||||||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Past subjunctive | |||||||||
| Imperative | |||||||||
| Verbal noun | |||||||||
| Past participle | |||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| éigid (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-éigid |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||