eitigh

Irish

Etymology 1

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

Verb

eitigh (present analytic eitíonn, future analytic eiteoidh, verbal noun eiteach, past participle eitithe)

  1. (transitive) refuse, reject
    Proverb:
    Níor eitigh páipéar bán dúch riamh.Youth is impressionable.
    (literally “Blank paper never rejected ink.”)
Conjugation

Noun

eitigh m sg

  1. genitive singular of eiteach (refusal)

Etymology 2

Noun

eitigh m sg

  1. genitive singular of eiteach (wings; plumes, feathers; fins)

Adjective

eitigh

  1. vocative singular masculine of eiteach (winged; pennate, plumed, feathered; finned)
  2. genitive singular masculine of eiteach
  3. (archaic) dative singular feminine of eiteach

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
eitigh n-eitigh heitigh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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