eich

See also: Eich

Bavarian

Etymology

Cognate with German euch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ai̯ç/

Pronoun

eich

1. you (accusative and dative, plural)

Synonyms

• enk

See also

		nominative		accusative		dative
		stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
1st person singular		i	—	mi	—	mia (mir)	ma
2nd person singular (informal)		du	—	di	—	dia (dir)	da
2nd person singular (formal)		Sie	—	Eahna	—	Eahna	—
3rd person singular	m	er	a	eahm	'n	eahm	'n
	n	es, des	's	des	's
	f	se, de	's	se	's	ihr	—
1st person plural		mia (mir)	ma	uns	—	uns	—
2nd person plural		eß, ihr	—	enk, eich	—	enk, eich	—
3rd person plural		se	's	eahna	—	eahna	—

Bavarian personal pronouns

Central Franconian

Etymology

Cognate to German ich.

Pronoun

eich

1. (Moselfränkisch/Hunsrückisch) I
   • 1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, 4th edition, page 3:

     Wer sall meich dann bei die Spielleit fehre, / Wann eich naunder meine Kerl verleere? / Geh, eich wullt, datt Deich der Deiwel hätt!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaɪ̯ç/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯ç

Verb

eich

1. singular imperative of eichen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of eichen

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪ̯ç/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯ç
• Hyphenation: eich
• Homophone: Eich

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle High German iuch, from Old High German iuwih, from Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz.^[1]

Cognate to German euch and Luxembourgish iech.

Pronoun

eich

1. accusative/dative of deer

See also

	nominative		accusative		dative
	Proclitic	Enclitic	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.
1st person singular	ich eich	-ich	mich meich		meer	mer m'r
2nd person singular (informal)	du dau/Dau	-du, -de -Dau, -De	dich deich/Deich		deer	der d'r/D'r
3rd person singular (m.)	er; där	-er	ihn	en	ihm	em
3rd person singular (f.)	sie; die	-se	sie / ihns	se	eer ehr	re
3rd person singular (n.)	es; das et, 't	's	es et	-et, -'t	ihm	em
1st person plural	meer	mer	uns uhs
2nd person plural	deer Ehr, Dehr	der	eich Auch
3rd person plural	sie; die	-se	sie	se	denne

Hunsrik personal pronouns

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German eigen.^[1]

Adjective

eich

1. own

   Mein eichnes Haus.

   My own house.

Declination

Declension of eich (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
Weak inflection	nominative	eich	eich	eich	eichne
	accusative	eichne	eich	eich	eichne
	dative	eichne	eichne	eichne	eichne
Strong inflection	nominative	eichner	eichne	eichnes	eichne
	accusative	eichne	eichne	eichnes	eichne
	dative	eichnem	eichner	eichnem	eichne

Derived terms

• Eichedum

References

1. Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “eich”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 41

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛç/, [ɛi̯ç]^[1]

Noun

eich m

1. vocative/genitive singular of each

Mutation

Mutated forms of eich

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eich	n-eich	heich	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /exʲ/

Noun

eich

1. inflection of ech:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative plural

Mutation

Mutation of eich

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

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German iuch, from Old High German iuwih. Compare German euch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪ̯ç/

Pronoun

eich

1. accusative/dative of dihr: you, to you (plural)
2. accusative/dative of dihr: you, to you (polite)

Declension

	singular						plural
	1st person	2nd person familiar	2nd person polite/formal	3rd person			1st person	2nd person	3rd person
				m	f	n
nominative	ich	du de1	dihr der1 Sie	er	sie se1	es	mir mer1	dihr der1	sie
dative	mir mer1	dir der1	eich Ihne Ne1	ihm em1	ihre re1	ihm em1	uns	eich	ihne ne1
accusative	mich	dich	eich Sie	ihn en1	sie se1	es			sie

Pennsylvania German personal pronouns

¹unstressed   

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eç/^[1][2]

Noun

eich

1. inflection of each:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative plural

References

1. Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
2. Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Welsh

Alternative forms

• ’ch (after vowels)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ych.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ei̯χ/, (colloquial) /əχ/
• Rhymes: -ei̯χ

Determiner

eich

1. your (either plural or polite singular)

   Roedd eich mam a’ch tad yma gynnau.

   Your mum and your dad were here earlier on.

Pronoun

eich

1. you (either plural or polite singular; as the direct object of a verbal noun)

   I’ch derbyn ar y cwrs, bydd rhaid i gyfwelydd eich asesu gyntaf.

   To accept you on the programme, an interviwer will have to first assess you.

Usage notes

• Chi is often added after the noun or verbnoun which eich precedes. In formal language, this is done to emphasise the determiner or pronoun. In colloquial language, it is not necessarily an indicator of emphasis, and is often included with the determiner and always included with the pronoun. The exception to the latter case is in passive constructions employing cael, where chi is never used.
• In formal Welsh, the contraction ’ch is a valid form of eich found after mostly functional vowel-final words. In colloquial Welsh, eich is often contracted to 'ch after almost any vowel-final word.
• Pronomial eich and ’ch can occur before any verbal noun. Before a verb, pronomial ’ch is found only in formal language after certain vowel-final preverbal particles. See entry for 'ch for more information.
• The colloquial pronunciation /əχ/ is the original pronunciation, as shown by the Middle Welsh form ych. The more careful pronunciation /ei̯χ/ is a later spelling pronunciation.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “eich”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies