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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)
- (philosophy) ethics, ethic
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| eitic
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n-eitic
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heitic
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t-eitic
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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) “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