eich

Cognate with German euch.

• IPA^(key): /ai̯ç/

eich

1. you (accusative and dative, plural)

• enk

Cognate to German ich.

eich

1. (Moselfränkisch/Hunsrückisch) I
   • 1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, 4th edition, page 3:

     Wer sall meich dann bei die Spielleit fehre, / Wann eich naunder meine Kerl verleere? / Geh, eich wullt, datt Deich der Deiwel hätt!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• IPA^(key): /ʔaɪ̯ç/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯ç

eich

1. singular imperative of eichen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of eichen

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯ç/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯ç
• Syllabification: eich
• Homophone: Eich

Inherited from Middle High German iuch, from Old High German iuwih, from Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz.^[1]

Cognate to German euch and Luxembourgish iech.

eich

1. accusative/dative of deer

Borrowed from German eigen.^[1]

eich

1. own

   Mein eichnes Haus.

   My own house.

• Eichedum

• IPA^(key): /ɛç/, ^[1]

eich m

1. vocative/genitive singular of each

• IPA^(key): /exʲ/

eich

1. inflection of ech:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative plural

From Middle High German iuch, from Old High German iuwih. Compare German euch.

• IPA^(key): /aɪ̯ç/

eich

1. accusative/dative of dihr: you, to you (plural)
2. accusative/dative of dihr: you, to you (polite)

• IPA^(key): /eç/^[1][2]

eich

1. inflection of each:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative plural

• ’ch (after vowels)

From Middle Welsh ych.

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ei̯χ/
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): /əχ/
  • Homophone: ych (“yuck”)
• Rhymes: -ei̯χ

eich

1. your (either plural or polite singular)

   Roedd eich mam a’ch tad yma gynnau.

   Your mum and your dad were here earlier on.

eich

1. you (either plural or polite singular; as the direct object of a verbal noun)

   I’ch derbyn ar y cwrs, bydd rhaid i gyfwelydd eich asesu gyntaf.

   To accept you on the programme, an interviwer will have to first assess you.

• Chi is often added after the noun or verbnoun which eich precedes. In formal language, this is done to emphasise the determiner or pronoun. In colloquial language, it is not necessarily an indicator of emphasis, and is often included with the determiner and always included with the pronoun. The exception to the latter case is in passive constructions employing cael, where chi is never used.
• In formal Welsh, the contraction ’ch is a valid form of eich found after mostly functional vowel-final words. In colloquial Welsh, eich is often contracted to 'ch after almost any vowel-final word.
• Pronomial eich and ’ch can occur before any verbal noun. Before a verb, pronomial ’ch is found only in formal language after certain vowel-final preverbal particles. See entry for 'ch for more information.
• The colloquial pronunciation /əχ/ is the original pronunciation, as shown by the Middle Welsh form ych. The more careful pronunciation /ei̯χ/ is a later spelling pronunciation.

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “eich”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies