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Old Irish
Etymology
From é- (“un-”) + a reflex of Proto-Celtic *tekos (“fair”) seen also in Welsh teg.
Pronunciation
Adjective
étig (comparative éitchiu)
- ugly
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 28b6
qualitas .i. cid maith, cid olc, cid álaind, cid étig.- A quality, i.e. whether it be good, bad, beautiful, or ugly.
- unseemly, uncomely
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 138b4
cum nobis .i. étig sin- cum nobis, that unseemly-sounding. (see the etymology of Latin nobiscum for details)
- repulsive
Declension
| i-stem
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| Singular
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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| Nominative
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étig
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étig
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étig
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| Vocative
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étig
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| Accusative
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étig
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étig
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| Genitive
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étig
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éitche
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étig
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| Dative
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étig
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étig
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étig
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| Plural
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Masculine
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Feminine/neuter
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| Nominative
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éitchi
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éitchi
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| Vocative
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éitchi
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| Accusative
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éitchi
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| Genitive
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étig*
éitche
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| Dative
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éitchib
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| Notes
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*not when substantivized
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