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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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eirbleach, slack-jointed or crippled person; cf. Sc. hirplock, lame creature, hirple. The possibility of air-ablach (cf. conablach) should be kept in view.
eirc-chomhla, portcullis (M'D.):
eire, a burden, Ir. eire, E. Ir. ere, O. Ir. aire: *pario, root of air. Cf. Lat. porto.
eireachd, an assembly, Ir. óireachdus, E. Ir. airecht, O. Ir. airect, *air-echt, echt being from the root of thig. Stokes refers it to the same origin as W. araeth, speech, root req, as in O.Slav. reka, speak, Lat. raccare, cry as a lion.
eireachdail, handsome, O. Ir. airegde, præstans, from aire(ch), primas. See airidh.
eireag, a pullet, young hen, Ir. eireog (Fol., O'R.), M. Ir. eirin, W. iaren, Cor. yar, gallina, Br. iarik, *jari-, hen; Lit. jerubė, heathcock, N. Slav. jertŭ, nuthatch (Bez.).
eireallach, a monster, clumsy old carle (Dial., H.S.D.); from eire.
eiriceachd, heresy, so Ir., E. Ir. éres, O. Ir. heretic, hereticus; from the O. Ir. form somehow, which itself is from Lat. hœreticus.
éirich, rise, éirigh, rising, Ir. éirighim, éirghe, E. Ir. érigim, éirgim, inf. O. Ir. éirge, érge, *eks-regô; Lat. ērigo, erect, Eng. erect, rego, I govern; Gr. ὀρέγω, extend; Eng. right; I. E. root reg. See rach.
eiridinn, attendance, patience, O. Ir. airitiu, g. airiten, reception, airema, suscipiat, *ari-em-tin-, root em, grasp, take; Lat. emo, buy; Lit. imù, hold.
éirig, ransom, Ir. éiric, E. Ir. éric, éiricc: *es-recc, "buying or selling out", from reic. Vb. as-renim, reddo, enclitic érnim, impendo.
eirmis, hit, find out, O. Ir. ermaissiu, attaining, irmadatar, intelligunt, irmissid, intelligatis, *air-mess-, *air-med-; root, med, as in meas, judgement, q.v.
éis, delay, impediment; founded on déis?
éisd, listen, hear, Ir. éisdim, O. Ir. étsim. Ascoli analyses it into *étiss, *aith-do-iss, animum instare; the iss he doubtless means as from the reduplicated form of the root sta (cf. O. Ir. air-issim, I stand). an-tus-, great silence! Cf. Ir. éist do bhéal = hush! Root of tosd.
eisg, eisgear, satirist, Ir. eigeas, pl. eigse, a learned man, E. Ir. écess: *ád-gen-s-to? See eagna.
eisimeil, dependence, obligation, M. Ir. esimol, an esimul, *ex-em-mo-lo, root em of eudail. Cf. Lat. exemplum.
eisiomplair, example, Ir. eisiompláir, M. Ir. esimplair; from Lat. exemplar.
