étig

Old Irish

Etymology

From é- (“un-”) + a reflex of Proto-Celtic *tekos (“fair”) seen also in Welsh teg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.dʲəɣʲ/

Adjective

étig (comparative éitchiu)

1. ugly
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 28^b6

     qualitas .i. cid maith, cid olc, cid álaind, cid étig.

     A quality, i.e. whether it be good, bad, beautiful, or ugly.

2. unseemly, uncomely
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 138^b4

     cum nobis .i. étig sin

     [The combination] cum nobis, that [is] unseemly-sounding. (see the etymology of Latin nobiscum for details)

3. repulsive

Declension

i-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	étig	étig	étig
Vocative	étig
Accusative	étig	étig
Genitive	étig	éitche	étig
Dative	étig	étig	étig
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	éitchi	éitchi
Vocative	éitchi
Accusative	éitchi
Genitive	étig* éitche
Dative	éitchib
Notes	*not when substantivized

Antonyms

• álaind
• cáem

Descendants

• Irish: éidigh

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “étig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language