ét
ét
Accent is optional, and reflects intonation. Compare, for example, hun har kun et bord "she only has a table" with hun har kun ét bord "she has only one table".
From the original e- stem of eszik (“to eat”) + -t (noun-forming suffix).
ét (plural étek)
Today it is used only in compounds and idioms. In the early 20th century it was also applied in regionalism with the similarly obsolete term it (“drink”).
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ét | étek |
| accusative | étet | éteket |
| dative | étnek | éteknek |
| instrumental | éttel | étekkel |
| causal-final | étért | étekért |
| translative | étté | étekké |
| terminative | étig | étekig |
| essive-formal | étként | étekként |
| essive-modal | étül | — |
| inessive | étben | étekben |
| superessive | éten | éteken |
| adessive | étnél | éteknél |
| illative | étbe | étekbe |
| sublative | étre | étekre |
| allative | éthez | étekhez |
| elative | étből | étekből |
| delative | étről | étekről |
| ablative | éttől | étektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
été | éteké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
étéi | étekéi |
| Possessive forms of ét | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | étem | éteim |
| 2nd person sing. | éted | éteid |
| 3rd person sing. | éte | étei |
| 1st person plural | étünk | éteink |
| 2nd person plural | étetek | éteitek |
| 3rd person plural | étük | éteik |
From Proto-Celtic *yantus, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-. Cognates include Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos) and Sanskrit यत्न (yatna, “zeal”)), यस्यति (yasyati, “strive for”).
ét m (genitive éuit)
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ét | — | — |
| Vocative | éuit | — | — |
| Accusative | étN | — | — |
| Genitive | éuitL | — | — |
| Dative | éutL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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From Proto-Celtic *intā, containing the prefix in-.
ét f
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | étL | — | — |
| Vocative | étL | — | — |
| Accusative | éitN | — | — |
| Genitive | éiteH | — | — |
| Dative | éitL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
| |||
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| ét (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-ét |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Compare ít, which is likely its variant.
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