éta
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "eta"
Czech
Noun
éta n or f
- eta (Greek letter)
Declension
when feminine:
Indeclinable when neuter.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
éta (plural éták)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | éta | éták |
| accusative | étát | étákat |
| dative | étának | étáknak |
| instrumental | étával | étákkal |
| causal-final | étáért | étákért |
| translative | étává | étákká |
| terminative | étáig | étákig |
| essive-formal | étaként | étákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | étában | étákban |
| superessive | étán | étákon |
| adessive | étánál | étáknál |
| illative | étába | étákba |
| sublative | étára | étákra |
| allative | étához | étákhoz |
| elative | étából | étákból |
| delative | étáról | étákról |
| ablative | étától | étáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
étáé | étáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
étáéi | étákéi |
| Possessive forms of éta | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | étám | étáim |
| 2nd person sing. | étád | étáid |
| 3rd person sing. | étája | étái |
| 1st person plural | étánk | étáink |
| 2nd person plural | étátok | étáitok |
| 3rd person plural | étájuk | étáik |
Icelandic
Etymology
Common Germanic. From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.
Pronunciation
Verb
éta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative át, third-person plural past indicative átu, supine étið)
- (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative, of an animal) to eat
- (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative, vulgar, of a person) to eat
Conjugation
éta — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að éta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
étið | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
étandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég ét | við étum | present (nútíð) |
ég éti | við étum |
| þú étur | þið étið | þú étir | þið étið | ||
| hann, hún, það étur | þeir, þær, þau éta | hann, hún, það éti | þeir, þær, þau éti | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég át | við átum | past (þátíð) |
ég æti | við ætum |
| þú ást | þið átuð | þú ætir | þið ætuð | ||
| hann, hún, það át | þeir, þær, þau átu | hann, hún, það æti | þeir, þær, þau ætu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
ét (þú) | étið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| éttu | étiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að étast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
étist | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
étandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég ést | við étumst | present (nútíð) |
ég étist | við étumst |
| þú ést | þið étist | þú étist | þið étist | ||
| hann, hún, það ést | þeir, þær, þau étast | hann, hún, það étist | þeir, þær, þau étist | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég ást | við átumst | past (þátíð) |
ég ætist | við ætumst |
| þú ást | þið átust | þú ætist | þið ætust | ||
| hann, hún, það ást | þeir, þær, þau átust | hann, hún, það ætist | þeir, þær, þau ætust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
ést (þú) | étist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| éstu | étisti * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
étinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
étinn | étin | étið | étnir | étnar | étin | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
étinn | étna | étið | étna | étnar | étin | |
| dative (þágufall) |
étnum | étinni | étnu | étnum | étnum | étnum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
étins | étinnar | étins | étinna | étinna | étinna | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
étni | étna | étna | étnu | étnu | étnu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
étna | étnu | étna | étnu | étnu | étnu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
étna | étnu | étna | étnu | étnu | étnu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
étna | étnu | étna | étnu | étnu | étnu | |
Derived terms
- éta í sig, éta ofan í sig (to eat one's words)
- éta upp eftir (to rehash someone's ideas)
See also
- borða (to eat)
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
·éta
- inflection of ad·cota:
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ·éta | unchanged | ·n-éta |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Sundanese
Romanization
éta
- Romanization of ᮆᮒ