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eitigh

eitigh

Irish

Verb

eitigh (present analytic eitíonn, future analytic eiteoidh, verbal noun eiteach, past participle eitithe)

  1. (transitive) refuse, reject
    Proverb: Níor eitigh páipéar bán dúch riamh. ― Youth is impressionable. (literally “Blank paper never rejected ink.”)
Conjugation

Noun

eitigh m sg

  1. genitive singular of eiteach (refusal)

Etymology 2

Noun

eitigh m sg

  1. genitive singular of eiteach (wings; plumes, feathers; fins)

Adjective

eitigh

  1. vocative singular masculine of eiteach (winged; pennate, plumed, feathered; finned)
  2. genitive singular masculine of eiteach
  3. (archaic) dative singular feminine of eiteach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eitigh n-eitigh heitigh unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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