éigid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *yeigeti, from a reduplicated present *h₁í-h₁eyǵʰ-ti from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyǵʰ-. Distantly related to Ancient Greek ἰχανάω (ikhanáō, “to desire”) and Sanskrit ईहति (īhati, “to desire”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈeːɣʲiðʲ]

Verb

éigid

  1. to cry out, to scream (in distress)

Inflection

Simple, class A II present, s preterite
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. éigid; éigthi (with suffixed pronoun -i)
conj.
rel.
imperfect indicative
preterite abs. égis éigsit
conj. ·éig ·héged
rel.
perfect deut. ro·éig ro·héged
prot.
future abs.
conj.
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj.
rel.
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: éigid
    • Irish: éigh
    • Manx: eie
    • Scottish Gaelic: èigh

Mutation

Mutation of éigid
radical lenition nasalization
éigid
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 éigid n-éigid

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

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