Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French ethique, from Late Latin ethica, from Ancient Greek ἠθική (ēthikḗ), from ἠθικός (ēthikós, “moral”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, moral nature”).
Noun
eitic f (genitive singular eitice)
- (philosophy) ethics, ethic
Declension
Declension of eitic (second declension, no plural)
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of eitic
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| eitic
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n-eitic
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heitic
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t-eitic
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eitic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “ethic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
- “ethics”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025