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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
eàrr, end, tail, Ir. earr, E. Ir. err, *ersâ; Gr. ὄρρος, rump; Ag. S. ears, Eng.
earr, scar (Lewis); Norse örr, arr (do.).
earrach, spring, so Ir., O. Ir. errech *persâko-, from pers, which is from per, as eks, (= ex) is from ek; per, before, Lat. per, prœ, Eng. for, fore; as in air, (= ari). The idea is the "first of the year". Cf. Ger. fru"hling, spring, of like descent. Such is Stokes' derivation. Another view is that earrach is from eàrr, end (cf. for form tòs and toiseach, and earrach, lower extremity) meaning the "end of the year', the céitein, May, "first of summer", being the beginning of the year. Not allied to Lat. ver.
earradh, clothes, so Ir., E. Ir. earrad, eirred, *áir-rêd, *ari-reido-n; from reid of réidh. Eng. array comes from the Gaul. equivalent (*ad-rêdare), and Eng. ready is allied. Hence earradh, wares.
earradhubh, the wane, the wane of the moon: *earr+dubh?
earrag, a taunt (a blow, Arms.):
earrag, a shift, refuge, attempt (H.S.D., from MSS.):
earraghlòir, vain glory: *er-glòir; the er is the intensie particle; Lat. per.
earraid, a tip-staff, tearraid, tarraid (Dial.): form Eng. herald?
earraigh, a captain (H.S.D.); see urra.
earrann, a portion, Ir. earrunn, M. Ir. errand, *áir-rann; from rann, portion.
earras, wealth; see earradh.
earrlait, ground manured one year and productive next (Carm.):
eàrr-thalmhuinn, yarrow; see athair-thalmhuinn.
eas, a waterfall, Ir. eas, g. easa, E. Ir. ess, g. esso, *esti- *pesti; Skr. â-patti, mishap ("mis-fall"); Lat. pessum, down, pestis, a pest; Slav. na-pasti, casus (Bez.).
eas-, privative prefix, Ir. eas-, O. Ir. es-, W. eh-, Gaul. ex-, *eks. See a, as, ot.
easach, thin water-gruel; from eas.
easag, a pheasant, a squirrel (M'D.), Ir. easóg, pheasant (Fol.), weasel, squirrel. For the "squirrel-weasel" force, see neas, nios. As "pheasant", it may be founded on the M. Eng. fesaunt, O. Gr. faisan.
easaraich, boiling of a pool, ebullition, bustle; from G. and Ir. esar, a cataract, from eas. *ess-rad-?
easar-chasain, thorough-fare; cf. aisir.
easbalair, a trifling, handsome fellow (M'A.):
easbaloid, absolutino, Ir. easbalóid; from Lat. absolution.
easbhuidh, want, defect, so Ir., E. Ir. esbuid, *ex-buti-s, "being out" of it; from roots as and bu, q.v.
