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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