eitic

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French ethique, from Late Latin ethica, from Ancient Greek ἠθική (ēthikḗ), from ἠθικός (ēthikós, “moral”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, moral nature”).

Noun

eitic f (genitive singular eitice)

1. (philosophy) ethics, ethic

Declension

Declension of eitic

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative eitic Vocative a eitic Genitive eitice Dative eitic

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an eitic Genitive na heitice Dative leis an eitic don eitic

Derived terms

• bitheitic
• eitic Chríostaí
• eitic dhualeolaíochta
• eitic ghairmiúil
• eitic ghnéis
• eitic ghnó
• eitic leighis, eitic mhíochaine
• eitic na hócáide
• eitic oibre
• eitic Phrotastúnach
• eitic suáilcí
• eitic theileolaíoch
• eiticí
• eiticiúil

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eitic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ethic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “ethics”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024