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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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eadh, space, E. Ir. ed, root ped; Gr. πεδίον, a plain; Lat. oppidum, town; Ch. Sl. pad, tread. Root pedo, go, as in Eng. foot, Lat. pes, pedis, etc.
eadha, the letter e, an aspen tree, Ir. eadhadh:
eadhal, a brand, burning coal (Bibl. Gloss.); see éibheall.
eadhon, to wit, namely, viz, so Ir., O. Ir. idón, *id-souno-, "this here"; for id, see eadh, and souno- is from *sou, *so, as in so. Cf. Gr. οὗ-τος. Stokes (Celt. Decl.) takes id from it, is, goes, root i, go, of Lat. eo, Gr. εἶμι, etc.; he regards id as part of the verb substantive.
eadradh, milking time, Ir. eadarthra, noon, milking time; from eadar+tràth.
eadraig, interpose, eadragainn, interposition, Ir. eadargán, separation; from eadar.
eag, a nick, notch, Ir. feag, Manx agg, W. ag, cleft, *eggâ-: peg?
eagal, feagal, fear, Ir. eaguil, eagla, E. Ir. ecla, O. Ir. ecal (adj.), *ex-gal; see gal, valour.
eagan, perhaps; Dialectic for theagamh.
eagar, order, row, so Ir., E. Ir. ecor, *áith-cor; from aith- and cuir.
eaglais, a church, Ir. eagluis, O. Ir. eclais, W. eglwys, Br. ilis; from Lat. ecclêsia, Eng. ecclesiastic.
eagna, wisdom, so Ir., O. Ir. écne, *aith-gen-; see aith- and gen of aithne. In fact aithne and eagna are the same elements differently accented (*aith-gén-, áith-gen-.
eàirlig, want, poverty, airleig; cf. airleag, lend, borrow.
eàirlin, keel, bottom, end: *air-lann; see lann, land.
eàirneis, furniture; see airneis.
eala, a swan, so Ir., M. Ir. ela, W. alarch, Corn. elerhc, *elaio, *elerko-s; Gr. ἐλέα, reedwarbler, ἐλασᾶς, grosbeak, ἐλεᾶς, owl, ἐλειός, falcon; Lat. olor, swan. Gr. πέλεια, wild dove, Lat. palumba, dove, O.Prus. poalis (do.), have been suggested.
ealach, ealachainn, a peg to hang things on, E. Ir. alchuing, elchuing, dat. alchaing, pl. alchningi.
ealadh, learning, skill, ealaidh, knack, Ir. ealadh, E. Ir. elatha, gen. elathan, W. el, intelligence: root el::al (of eilean)?
èaladh, euladh, a creeping along (as to catch game), Ir. euloighim steal away, E. Ir. élaim, I. flee, O. Ir. élud, evasio; Ger. eilen, hasten, speed; root ei, i, go, Lat. i-re, etc. Hence èalaidhneach, creeping cold. Strachan derives it from *ex-lâjô, root lâ, ela, go, Gr. ελαúνο (as in eilid, etc.). Stokes now *ass-lúim.
ealag, a block, hacking-stock; see ealach.
ealaidh, an ode, song, music; see ealadh.
ealamh, eathlamh, quick, expert, Ir. athlamh, E. Ir. athlom, athlam, *aith-lam; *lam is allied to làmh, hand ("handy" is the idea). See ullamh for discussion of the root lam.
