éide

See also: eide and Eide

Irish

Alternative forms

• éideadh

Etymology

From Middle Irish éted (“clothing”), from Old Irish étiud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːdʲə/

Noun

éide f or m (genitive singular éide, nominative plural éidí)

1. clothes, clothing
2. armor, panoply
3. livery, uniform
4. vestments
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 197:

     Chuaidh sí go dtí uncail di a bhí i n‑a shagart san bhaile mhór agus fuair sí uaidh sórt éide agus giúrléidí beaga éigin eile.

     She went to an uncle of hers who was a priest in the city and from him she got a variety of vestments and some other small accessories.

Declension

Declension of éide

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative éide éidí Vocative a éide a éidí Genitive éide éidí Dative éide éidí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an éide na héidí Genitive na héide na n-éidí Dative leis an éide don éide leis na héidí

Alternative declension

Declension of éide

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative éide éidí Vocative a éide a éidí Genitive éide éidí Dative éide éidí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-éide na héidí Genitive an éide na n-éidí Dative leis an éide don éide leis na héidí

Derived terms

• éide bróin
• éide Mhuire
• éidigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éide	n-éide	héide	t-éide
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éide”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 282
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éide”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN