eireag
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish eréne (“chick, pullet”) + -ag, from a derivative of Proto-Celtic *yarā (whence Welsh iâr (“hen”) and Cornish/Breton yar), perhaps originally *ɸiɸeros if related to Latin pīpiō (“to cheep”) and Sanskrit पिप्पका (pippakā, “a species of bird”)[1] Cognate with Irish eireog.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɾʲak/
Noun
eireag f (genitive singular eireige, plural eireagan)
- A chick
- A pullet
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eireag | n-eireag | h-eireag | t-eireag |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*yaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 434