eiteach

Irish

Etymology 1

    From Old Irish ettech, ittech (“winged”), from ette (“wing”).[1] By surface analysis, eite (“wing”) +‎ -ach.

    Adjective

    eiteach (genitive singular masculine eitigh, genitive singular feminine eití, plural eiteacha, not comparable)

    1. winged (bird, insect, etc.); pennate, plumed, feathered
    2. finned
    Declension
    Declension of eiteach
    Positive singular plural
    masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
    nominative eiteach eiteach eiteacha
    vocative eitigh eiteacha
    genitive eití eiteacha eiteach
    dative eiteach eiteach;
    eitigh (archaic)     		eiteacha
    Comparative níos eití
    Superlative is eití
    Derived terms
    • cnó eiteach (“wing-nut, butterfly nut”)
    • -eiteach (“-winged”)
    • scriú eiteach (“wing-screw”)

    Noun

    eiteach m (genitive singular eitigh) (collective)

    1. wings
    2. plumes, feathers
    3. fins
    Declension
    Declension of eiteach (first declension, no plural)
    bare forms
    singular
    nominative eiteach
    vocative a eitigh
    genitive eitigh
    dative eiteach
    forms with the definite article
    singular
    nominative an t-eiteach
    genitive an eitigh
    dative leis an eiteach
    don eiteach

    Etymology 2

      From Middle Irish eitech (“refusal”), verbal noun of Old Irish as·toing (“to refuse”).[2] By surface analysis, eitigh +‎ -ach.

      Alternative forms

      Noun

      eiteach m (genitive singular eitigh)

      1. verbal noun of eitigh
      2. refusal
        Synonym: eiteachas
      Declension
      Declension of eiteach (first declension, no plural)
      bare forms
      singular
      nominative eiteach
      vocative a eitigh
      genitive eitigh
      dative eiteach
      forms with the definite article
      singular
      nominative an t-eiteach
      genitive an eitigh
      dative leis an eiteach
      don eiteach

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of eiteach
      radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
      eiteach n-eiteach heiteach t-eiteach

      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), “ettech, ittech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
      2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “as·toing”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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