éigem

Old Irish

Etymology

From éigid +‎ -em.

Noun

éigem f

verbal noun of éigid: cry, scream, shouting

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	éigem^L	éigim^L	éigmea^H
vocative	éigem^L	éigim^L	éigmea^H
accusative	éigim^N	éigim^L	éigmea^H
genitive	éigme^H	éigem^L	éigem^N
dative	éigim^L	éigmib	éigmib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

airégem

Descendants

Middle Irish: éigem

Mutation

Mutation of *éigem*
radical	lenition	nasalization
éigem (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	éigem	n-éigem

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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