eile

See also: Eile

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *eklen. Cognate to Finnish eilen, Votic egle, and Livvi egläi.

Adverb

eile (not comparable)

1. yesterday

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɪ̯lə/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯lə

Verb

eile

1. inflection of eilen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aile (“second, (an)other”), from Proto-Celtic *alyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (“other, out of a group of more than two”), from *h₂el- (“beyond”).

Adjective

eile

1. other, another; next, more, else

   Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile. (proverb)

   It takes one to know one.

   (literally, “A beetle recognizes another beetle.”)

Adverb

eile

1. else

Etymology 2

Adjective

eile

1. Alternative form of uile (“all, every; all, whole”)

Noun

eile f (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of uile (“all”)

Adverb

eile

1. Alternative form of uile (“all, wholly, entirely”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eile	n-eile	heile	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 89
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 59

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aile, eile, oile (“second, other, another”), from Proto-Celtic *alyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (“other, out of a group of more than two”), from *h₂el- (“beyond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈelə/

Adjective

eile

1. other, another, else

   Tha faclair eile agam. ― I have another/a different dictionary.

   'S e sin rudeigin eile. ― That's something else.

   A bheil searrag eile agaibh? ― Do you have another/one more flask?

Derived terms

• air an làimh eile (“on the other hand”)
• air an rathad eile (“the other way round”)
• an latha eile (“the other day”)
• tèile (“another [feminine] one”)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “eile”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language