éide

See also: eide and Eide

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish éted (clothing), from Old Irish étiud.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic èideadh.

Pronunciation

Noun

éide f or m (genitive singular éide, nominative plural éidí)

  1. clothes, clothing
  2. armor, panoply
  3. livery, uniform
  4. vestments
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 197:
      Chuaidh sí go dtí uncail di a bhí i n‑a shagart san bhaile mhór agus fuair sí uaidh sórt éide agus giúrléidí beaga éigin eile.
      She went to an uncle of hers who was a priest in the city and from him she got a variety of vestments and some other small accessories.

Declension

Declension of éide (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative éide éidí
vocative a éide a éidí
genitive éide éidí
dative éide éidí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an éide na héidí
genitive na héide na n-éidí
dative leis an éide
don éide
leis na héidí
Alternative declension
Declension of éide (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative éide éidí
vocative a éide a éidí
genitive éide éidí
dative éide éidí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-éide na héidí
genitive an éide na n-éidí
dative leis an éide
don éide
leis na héidí

Derived terms

  • éide bróin
  • éide Mhuire
  • éidigh
  • faoi arm agus éide
  • in arm agus in éide

Mutation

Mutated forms of éide
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éide n-éide héide t-éide

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “étiud, éted”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 192

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