éidigh

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish étig.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic èitigh.

Adjective

éidigh (genitive singular masculine éidigh, genitive singular feminine éidche, plural éidche, comparative éidche) (literary)

  1. ugly
  2. unseemly
Declension
Declension of éidigh
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative éidigh éidigh éidche;
éidche2
vocative éidigh éidche
genitive éidche éidche éidigh
dative éidigh;
éidigh1
éidigh éidche;
éidche2
Comparative níos éidche
Superlative is éidche

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms
  • Ó Cinnéidigh

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish éitid.[2] By surface analysis, éide +‎ -igh.

Verb

éidigh (present analytic éidíonn, future analytic éideoidh, verbal noun éidiú, past participle éidithe)

  1. to equip, accouter
  2. to clothe
  3. to arm
    Éidigí sibh féinig! Téimis i mbun cogaidh!Arm yourselves! Let us head into battle!
Conjugation

Further reading

Mutation

Mutated forms of éidigh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éidigh n-éidigh héidigh 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), “étig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “étid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language