éigeas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish éices (“scholar, learned man, sage, poet; member of a bardic retinue”).

Pronunciation

Noun

éigeas m (genitive singular éigis, nominative plural éigse)

  1. learned man, sage; poet

Declension

Declension of éigeas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative éigeas éigse
vocative a éigis a éigse
genitive éigis éigse
dative éigeas éigse
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-éigeas na héigse
genitive an éigis na n-éigse
dative leis an éigeas
don éigeas 		leis na héigse

Derived terms

  • banéigeas (“learned woman, woman poet, female sage”)
  • éigse (“learning”)
  • éigseach (“learned”)
  • éigsín (“poetaster”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of éigeas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éigeas n-éigeas héigeas t-éigeas

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

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