éad

See also: ead, EAD, -éad, and 'ead

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ét, from Proto-Celtic *yantus, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-; cognate with Scottish Gaelic eud.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /iːɑ̯d̪ˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /eːd̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /eːd̪ˠ/, /ɛə̯d̪ˠ/

Noun

éad m (genitive singular éada)

jealousy; envy, emulation (with ag or ar plus the person feeling jealous and le or chuig plus the person being felt jealous of or towards)
Tá éad agam leat.
I am jealous of you.

Bhí éad air chuici.
He was jealous towards her.

Declension

Declension of éad

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	éad
Vocative	a éad
Genitive	éada
Dative	éad

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-éad
Genitive	an éada
Dative	leis an éad don éad

Derived terms

éadmhar (“jealous”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éad	n-éad	héad	t-éad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éad”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 273
Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 91
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 15

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