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eiteach
eiteach
Irish
Adjective
eiteach (genitive singular masculine eitigh, genitive singular feminine eití, plural eiteacha, not comparable)
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | eiteach | eiteach¹ | eiteacha³ | |
| Vocative | eitigh¹ | eiteach¹ | eiteacha | |
| Genitive | eitigh¹ | eití (obsolete) eitighe |
eiteacha | eiteach |
| Dative | eiteach² | eiteach¹ (archaic) eitigh¹ |
eiteacha³ | |
| Comparative | eití (obsolete) eitighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
eiteach m (genitive singular eitigh)
Declension
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 2
From Middle Irish eitech (“refusal, refusing”), verbal noun of Old Irish as·toing (“refuses”, literally “swears away from, removes by oath”).
Noun
eiteach m (genitive singular eitigh)
Declension
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Alternative forms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eiteach | n-eiteach | heiteach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "eiteach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “ettech, ittech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “as·toing” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.