éc

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ec"

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ankus, from Proto-Indo-European *néḱus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeːɡ/

Noun

éc m (genitive éca)

death

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	éc	éc^L	écae
vocative	éc	éc^L	écu
accusative	éc^N	éc^L	écu
genitive	éco^H, éca^H	éco, éca	écae^N
dative	éc^L	écaib	écaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Related terms

écht

Descendants

Irish: éag
Scottish Gaelic: eug

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “éc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Vietnamese

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛk̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛk̚˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɛk̚˦˥]

Interjection

éc

(onomatopoeia, of a pig) squeal

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