eigre

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

  • eidir, eidre
  • eiger, eigir
  • oigir, oigre

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman eir, heir, from Latin hēres.

Noun

eigre m

  1. heir, inheritor, successor, descendant

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: oidhre
  • Manx: eirey
  • Scottish Gaelic: oighre

Mutation

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

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

References

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