eo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eo"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English or Esperanto Esperanto.

Symbol

eo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Esperanto.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Esperanto terms

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Eo (instrument)

Wikipedia

Noun

eo

1. A Korean wooden percussion instrument in the shape of a tiger with a serrated back, played by running a bamboo whisk across the serrations.

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ew/

Verb

eo

1. third-person singular present indicative of bezañ

Corsican

Pronoun

eo

1. alternative form of eiu

References

• “eiu, eo, eu, ghjeu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /oː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɔː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish eó, from Proto-Celtic *esoxs (cognate to Middle Welsh ehawc, modern Welsh eog).

Noun

eo m (genitive singular iach, nominative plural iaich)

1. (literary) salmon

   Synonym: bradán

   Ar insíos leatsa riamh faoi fabhal an Iach Fís, a mhac? ― Did I ever tell you about the tale of the Salmon of Knowledge, son?

2. (figuratively) noble being, prince

Declension

Declension of eo (fifth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative eo iaich vocative a eo a iaich genitive iach iach dative eo iaich forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-eo na hiaich genitive an iach na n-iach dative leis an eo don eo leis na hiaich

Etymology 2

From Old Irish eó, from Proto-Celtic *iwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- (“yew”); cognate with Welsh yw and English yew.

Noun

eo f (genitive singular eo)

1. (literary) yew tree

Declension

Declension of eo (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative eo vocative a eo genitive eo dative eo forms with the definite article singular nominative an eo genitive na heo dative leis an eo don eo

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

eo m (genitive singular eo)

1. (literary) point (of blade); pin, brooch

Declension

Declension of eo (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative eo vocative a eo genitive eo dative eo forms with the definite article singular nominative an t-eo genitive an eo dative leis an eo don eo

Mutation

Mutated forms of eo

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eo	n-eo	heo	t-eo

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 eó, eú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “eo”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “eo”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.o/
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: é‧o

Pronoun

eo (personal, first person, possessive meo)

1. Old Italian form of io
   • 13^th century, Guittone d'Arezzo, Viso non m'è ch'eo mai potesse gioia, collected in Le rime di Guittone d'Arezzo, Bari: Laterza, published 1940, page 164, lines 1–2:

     Viso non m'è ch’eo mai potesse gioia
     Più giustamente voi, donna, apellare

     To me it's not a face such that I could have ever rightfully called you, o woman, joy