eiteach

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ettech, ittech (“winged; having fins; having wing-like appendages; flying, fluttering”), by extension, ‎(“wings, fins”), from ette (“wing, pinion; fin; feather, plume”); synchronically, eite (“wing; pinion; wing feather; fin”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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

  1. winged; pennate, plumed, feathered
    Synonym: sciathánach
  2. finned
Declension
Declension of eiteach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive 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)

  1. wings; plumes, feathers
  2. fins
Declension
Declension of eiteach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative eiteach
Vocative a eitigh
Genitive eitigh
Dative eiteach

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-eiteach
Genitive an eitigh
Dative leis an eiteach

don eiteach

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish eitech (“refusal, refusing”), verbal noun of Old Irish as·toing (“refuses”, literally “swears away from, removes by oath”).

Noun

eiteach m (genitive singular eitigh)

  1. verbal noun of eitigh
  2. refusal
    Synonym: eiteachas
Declension
Declension of eiteach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative eiteach
Vocative a eitigh
Genitive eitigh
Dative eiteach

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-eiteach
Genitive an eitigh
Dative leis an eiteach

don eiteach

Alternative forms

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
eiteach n-eiteach heiteach t-eiteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "eiteach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “ettech, ittech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “as·toing” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “eiteach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “eiteach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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