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Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *eklen. Cognate to Finnish eilen, Votic egle, and Livvi egläi.
Adverb
eile (not comparable)
- yesterday
German
Pronunciation
Verb
eile
- inflection of eilen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish aile, eile, oile (“second, other, another”), from Proto-Celtic *alyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (“other, out of a group of more than two”), from *h₂el- (“beyond”).
Adjective
eile
- other, another; next, more, else
Adverb
eile
- else
Etymology 2
Adjective
eile
- Alternative form of uile (“all, every; all, whole”)
Noun
eile f (indeclinable)
- Alternative form of uile (“all”)
Adverb
eile
- Alternative form of uile (“all, wholly, entirely”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| eile
|
n-eile
|
heile
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 89
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 59
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish aile, eile, oile (“second, other, another”), from Proto-Celtic *alyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (“other, out of a group of more than two”), from *h₂el- (“beyond”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
eile
- other, another, else
- Tha faclair eile agam. ― I have another/a different dictionary.
- 'S e sin rudeigin eile. ― That's something else.
- A bheil searrag eile agaibh? ― Do you have another/one more flask?
Derived terms
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “eile”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language