éirge

Old Irish

Noun

éirge n (genitive ærgi)

1. verbal noun of at·reig: rise, rising

Inflection

Neuter io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	éirgeN	éirgeL	éirgeL
Vocative	éirgeN	éirgeL	éirgeL
Accusative	éirgeN	éirgeL	éirgeL
Genitive	éirgiL, ærgiL	éirgeL	éirgeN
Dative	éirgiuL, ærgiuL	éirgib	éirgib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• esséirge

Descendants

• Irish: éirí
• Scottish Gaelic: èirigh
• Manx: irree

Mutation

Mutation of éirge

radical	lenition	nasalization
éirge (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-éirge

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), “éirge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language