eug

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eːk/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish éc (compare Irish éag), from Proto-Celtic *ankus (compare Middle Welsh angheu), from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (compare Ancient Greek νέκυς (nékus), Latin nex).

Verb

eug (past dh'eug, future eugaidh, verbal noun eug or eugadh, past participle eugte)

  1. (formal) die, expire
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish écaid (dies, verb); compare above.

Noun

eug m (genitive singular èig)

  1. verbal noun of eug
  2. (formal) death, demise
  3. (with definite article) Death

References

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