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Estonian
Noun
eite
- partitive/illative singular of eit
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ette.
Pronunciation
Noun
eite f (genitive singular eite, nominative plural eití or eiteadha)
- wing (of bird; of army)
- pinion; wing feather
- fin (of a fish, etc.)
- (zoology) pinnule
- (surveying) vane
- wing-like attachment
- (politics) wing
- an eite chlé ― the left wing
Declension
Alternative plural form: eiteadha (Aran)
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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eite
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n-eite
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heite
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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) “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
- adverbial būdinys participle of eiti
Paelignian
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *eite (second-person plural active imperative of *eō). Cognate to Latin īte.
Verb
eite
- to go, second-person plural active imperative of eō