étach

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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)

  1. verbal noun of in·tuigethar
  2. 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.
  3. cloth
Inflection
Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative étachN étachN étachL, étacha
Vocative étachN étachN étachL, étacha
Accusative étachN étachN étachL, étacha
Genitive étaigL étach étachN
Dative étachL étachaib étachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
  • Irish: éadach
  • Manx: eaddagh
  • Scottish Gaelic: aodach

Etymology 2

From ét (“jealousy”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

étach m (genitive unattested, no plural)

  1. jealousy
  2. emulation
  3. a jealous person
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative étach — —
Vocative étaig — —
Accusative étachN — —
Genitive étaigL — —
Dative étachL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
étach
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-étach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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