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ech
ech
See also: ECH
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ik.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əɕ/, /əʃ/
Pronoun
ech
- first-person singular, nominative: I
- Ech liese gären. ― I like reading.
Declension
Luxembourgish personal pronouns
| nominative | accusative | dative | reflexive | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | |||
| 1st person singular | ech | — | mech | — | mir | mer | mech | |
| 2nd person singular (informal) |
du | de | dech | — | dir | der | dech | |
| 2nd person singular (formal) |
Dir | — | Iech | — | Iech | — | Iech | |
| 3rd person singular (m) | hien | en | en | — | him | em | sech | |
| 3rd person singular (f) | si / hatt | se / et | si / hatt | se / et | hir / him | — / em | sech | |
| 3rd person singular (n) | et | 't | et | 't | him | em | sech | |
| 1st person plural | mir | mer | eis / ons | — | eis / ons | — | eis / ons | |
| 2nd person plural | dir | der | iech | — | iech | — | iech | |
| 3rd person plural | si | — | si | — | hinnen | – | sech | |
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *ekʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”). Cognates include Latin equus, Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos), Sanskrit अश्व (áśva) and Old Armenian էշ (ēš, “donkey”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ex/
Noun
ech m (genitive eich, nominative plural eich)
Declension
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ech | echL | eichL |
| Vocative | eich | echL | eochu |
| Accusative | echN | echL | eochu |
| Genitive | eichL | ech | echN |
| Dative | eochL | echaib | echaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Synonyms
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ech | unchanged | n-ech |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “ech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.