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
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
eireagn-eireagh-eireagt-eireag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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