éis
See also: Appendix:Variations of "eis"
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish éis (“track, trace”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸanssā, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editéis
- only used in certain phrases; see derived terms
Derived terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
éis | n-éis | héis | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *ɸanssā, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editéis f
Declension
editThe word is not well enough attested outside of the prepositional phrases listed under Derived terms below to allow a declension class to be stated with certainty. The dative singular appears as both éis and éisi, suggesting a fluctuation between ā-stem and ī-stem declension.
Derived terms
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
éis (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-éis |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 121
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 éis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peth₂-
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peth₂-
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish feminine nouns