eitil
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom 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”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editeitil m (genitive singular eitils, plural eitlar)
Declension
editDeclension of eitil | ||||
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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 |
Derived terms
editIrish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Irish etelaigid, etellaigidir (“to fly”), from etel, etell f (“flight”).
Verb
editeitil (present analytic eitlíonn, future analytic eitleoidh, verbal noun eitilt, past participle eitilte)
- (intransitive) fly, flutter
- (intransitive, of flame) flicker
Conjugation
edit* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from English ethyl, from German Ethyl.
Noun
editeitil f (genitive singular eitile)
Declension
edit
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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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. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eitil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “etel(l)aigid(ir)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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