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)

1. verbal noun of in·tuigethar
2. 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.

3. cloth

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	étachN	étachN	étachL, étacha
Vocative	étachN	étachN	étachL, étacha
Accusative	étachN	étachN	étachL, étacha
Genitive	étaigL	étach	étachN
Dative	étachL	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)

1. jealousy
2. emulation
3. a jealous person

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	étach	—	—
Vocative	étaig	—	—
Accusative	étachN	—	—
Genitive	étaigL	—	—
Dative	étachL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
étach (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-étach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.