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Old Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *entogos (“covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”).
Noun
étach n or m (genitive étaig, nominative plural étaige)
- verbal noun of in·tuigethar
- covering, raiment, clothing
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 18a10
Ní tormult far mbíad ꝉ for n-étach.- I have not used up your pl food or your clothing.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 27b16
Gaibid immib a n‑étach macc coím-sa, amal nondad maicc coím-a, .i. uiscera is hé in dechellt as·beir.- Put on this raiment of servants, as you pl are servants, i.e viscera is the garment that he mentions.
- cloth
Inflection
Neuter o-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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étachN
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étachN
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étachL, étacha
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Vocative
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étachN
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étachN
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étachL, étacha
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Accusative
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étachN
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étachN
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étachL, étacha
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Genitive
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étaigL
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étach
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étachN
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Dative
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étachL
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étachaib
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étachaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Etymology 2
From ét (“jealousy”) + -ach.
Noun
étach m (genitive unattested, no plural)
- jealousy
- emulation
- a jealous person
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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étach
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Vocative
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étaig
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Accusative
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étachN
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Genitive
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étaigL
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Dative
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étachL
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Mutation
Mutation of étach
radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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étach (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
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unchanged
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n-étach
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.