Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse eitill (nodule), from Proto-Germanic *aitǭ (swelling) (compare Old High German eiz (abscess), Dutch etter (pus), Saterland Frisian eitel (fast, raging), English oats), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eid- (to swell) (compare Latin aemidus (swollen, protuberant), Old Church Slavonic ꙗдъ (jadŭ, poison), Ancient Greek οἰδέω (oidéō, to swell), Old Armenian այտնում (aytnum, to swell), այտ (ayt, cheek), Sanskrit इन्दु (índu, water drop).

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Noun

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eitil m (genitive singular eitils, plural eitlar)

  1. (anatomy, immunology) lymph node

Declension

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Declension of eitil
m21 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eitil eitilin eitlar eitlarnir
accusative eitil eitilin eitlar eitlarnar
dative eitli eitlinum eitlum eitlunum
genitive eitils eitilsins eitla eitlanna

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish etelaigid, etellaigidir (to fly), from etel, etell f (flight).

Verb

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eitil (present analytic eitlíonn, future analytic eitleoidh, verbal noun eitilt, past participle eitilte)

  1. (intransitive) fly, flutter
  2. (intransitive, of flame) flicker
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English ethyl, from German Ethyl.

Noun

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eitil f (genitive singular eitile)

  1. (chemistry) ethyl
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Mutation

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

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