étach

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈeːdax]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *entogos (“covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”).

Noun

étach n or m (genitive étaig, nominative plural étaige)

verbal noun of in·tuigethar
covering, raiment, clothing
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 18^a10
  Ní tormult far mbíad ꝉ for n-étach.
  I have not used up your pl food or your clothing.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 27^b16
  Gaibid immib a n‑étach macc coím-sa, amal nondad maicc coím-a, .i. uiscera is hé in dechellt as·beir.
  Put on this raiment of servants, as you pl are servants, i.e. viscera is the garment that he mentions.
cloth

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	étach^N	étach^N	étach^L, étacha
vocative	étach^N	étach^N	étach^L, étacha
accusative	étach^N	étach^N	étach^L, étacha
genitive	étaig^L	étach	étach^N
dative	étach^L	étachaib	étachaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

Irish: éadach
Manx: eaddagh
Scottish Gaelic: aodach

Etymology 2

From ét (“jealousy”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

étach m (genitive unattested, no plural)

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	étach	—	—
vocative	étaig	—	—
accusative	étach^N	—	—
genitive	étaig^L	—	—
dative	étach^L	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Mutation

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

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