"eigh" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See eigh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ej/ Forms: eighe [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], eigh [mutation, mutation-radical], n-eigh [eclipsis, mutation], h-eigh [mutation, prothesis-h], t-eigh [mutation, prothesis-t], deigh [alternative], eighre [alternative]
Etymology: From Old Irish aig, itself from Proto-Celtic *yegis. Cognate with Irish oighear, Welsh iâ, and Cornish yey. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|aig}} Old Irish aig, {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*yegis}} Proto-Celtic *yegis, {{cog|ga|oighear}} Irish oighear, {{cog|cy|iâ}} Welsh iâ, {{cog|kw|yey}} Cornish yey Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|eighe|||||||no plural|||-||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=p|f11accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=gen|s|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} eigh f (genitive singular eighe, no plural), {{gd-noun|g=f|gen=eighe|pl=-}} eigh f (genitive singular eighe, no plural)
  1. ice Tags: feminine, no-plural Derived forms: eigh-bheinn, eigh-shruth, leac-eighre
    Sense id: en-eigh-gd-noun-TLCyUMYl Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "source": "mutation",
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      "form": "deigh",
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          "word": "eigh-shruth"
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          "word": "leac-eighre"
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    },
    {
      "word": "eigh-shruth"
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    {
      "word": "leac-eighre"
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      "source": "mutation",
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "prothesis-h"
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "mutation",
        "prothesis-t"
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      "form": "deigh",
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        "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "gd-noun 2"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ej/"
    }
  ],
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}

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