éiclips

Irish

Etymology

From Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, eclipse). The modern pronunciation with final /pˠsˠ/ rather than expected /pʲʃ/ shows the influence of English eclipse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːclʲɪpˠsˠ/ (as if spelled éicliops)

Noun

éiclips m (genitive singular éiclips, nominative plural éiclipsí)

  1. (astronomy) eclipse
    Synonym: urú
  2. darkening of sight, blindness; hallucination

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
éiclips n-éiclips héiclips t-éiclips
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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