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)

  1. A chick
  2. A pullet

Mutation

Mutation of eireag
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eireag n-eireag h-eireag t-eireag

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 434
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