èirich

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish éirgid (compare Irish éirigh, Manx irree), from Old Irish at·reig (“rises”), from Proto-Celtic *regeti (“to stretch, straighten”), form Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten”).

Verb

èirich (past dh'èirich, future èirichidh, verbal noun èirigh, past participle èirichte)

  1. rise, arise, get up, stand up
  2. rise up, rebel, revolt

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
èirichn-èirichh-èiricht-èirich
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “èirich”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “éirgid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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