eitic

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French ethique, from Late Latin ethica, from Ancient Greek ἠθική (ēthikḗ), from ἠθικός (ēthikós, “moral”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, moral nature”).

Noun

eitic f (genitive singular eitice)

  1. (philosophy) ethics, ethic

Declension

Declension of eitic (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative eitic
vocative a eitic
genitive eitice
dative eitic
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an eitic
genitive na heitice
dative leis an eitic
don eitic

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of eitic
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eitic n-eitic heitic t-eitic

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eitic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “ethic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • “ethics”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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