eite

See also: -eite

Estonian

Noun

eite

1. partitive/illative singular of eit

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛtʲə/

Noun

eite f (genitive singular eite, nominative plural eití or eiteadha)

1. wing (of bird; of army)
2. pinion; wing feather
3. fin (of a fish, etc.)
4. (zoology) pinnule
5. (surveying) vane
6. wing-like attachment
7. (politics) wing

   an eite chlé ― the left wing

Declension

Declension of eite

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative eite eití Vocative a eite a eití Genitive eite eití Dative eite eití

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an eite na heití Genitive na heite na n-eití Dative leis an eite don eite leis na heití

Alternative plural form: eiteadha (Aran)

Derived terms

• eite droma
• eiteach
• eiteagán
• eiteog
• eitleán

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “eite” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 91
• Entries containing “eite” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Lithuanian

Participle

eite

1. adverbial būdinys participle of eiti

Paelignian

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *eite (second-person plural active imperative of *eō). Cognate to Latin īte.

Verb

eite

1. to go, second-person plural active imperative of eō