# eich
## Bavarian
### Etymology

Cognate with German euch.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ai̯ç/

### Pronoun

eich
* you (accusative and dative, plural)

#### Synonyms

* enk

### See also

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

## Central Franconian
### Etymology

Cognate to German ich.

### Pronoun

eich
* (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: /ʔaɪ̯ç/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪ̯ç

### Verb

eich
* singular imperative of eichen
* (colloquial) first-person singular present of eichen

## Hunsrik
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaɪ̯ç/
* Rhymes: -aɪ̯ç
* Syllabification: 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.
Cognate to German euch and Luxembourgish iech.

#### Pronoun

eich
* accusative/dative of deer

##### See also

| | nominative | nominative | accusative | accusative | dative | dative |
| | Proclitic | Enclitic | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. |
| 1st person singular | ich eich | -ich | mich meich | mich meich | meer | mer m'r |
| 2nd person singular (informal) | du dau/Dau | -du, -de -Dau, -De | dich deich/Deich | 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 | uns uhs | uns uhs | uns uhs |
| 2nd person plural | deer Ehr, Dehr | der | eich Auch | eich Auch | eich Auch | eich Auch |
| 3rd person plural | sie; die | -se | sie | se | denne | denne |

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German eigen.

#### Adjective

eich
* own
    Mein eichnes Haus.My own house.

##### Derived terms

* Eichedum

### References

* 1 2 Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “eich”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 41

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛç/, [ɛi̯ç]

### Noun

eich m
* vocative/genitive singular of each

### Mutation

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

### References

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

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /exʲ/

### Noun

eich
* inflection of ech:
** vocative/genitive singular
** nominative plural

### Mutation

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: /aɪ̯ç/

### Pronoun

eich
* accusative/dative of dihr: you, to you (plural)
* accusative/dative of dihr: you, to you (polite)

#### Declension

$^1$unstressed

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eç/

### Noun

eich
* inflection of each:
** genitive singular
** nominative plural

### References

* ↑ 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
* ↑ 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

* (standard) IPA: /ei̯χ/
** (colloquial) IPA: /əχ/
** Homophone: ych (“yuck”)
* Rhymes: -ei̯χ

### Determiner

eich
* 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
* 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