éagsamhalta

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish écsamail (“strange, peculiar”) +‎ -ta.[1] Compare also Middle Irish écsamalta (“diverse, different”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈeːɡsˠãuwəl̪ˠt̪ˠə/, [ˈɛə̯ɡ-][3]

Adjective

éagsamhalta

  1. nameless (unable to be described or expressed)
  2. strange (not normal)
  3. extraordinary (not ordinary)

Synonyms

  • (nameless): do-aithriste
  • (strange): aisteach
  • (extraordinary): neamhghnách

Mutation

Mutated forms of éagsamhalta
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éagsamhalta n-éagsamhalta héagsamhalta not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “écsamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “écsamalta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 426, page 138

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