eitilt

Irish

Alternative forms

  • eiteal, eiteall
  • eitioll (obsolete)

Etymology

From eitil +‎ -t

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɛtʲəl̪ˠ/[1] (corresponding to the form eiteal(l))

Noun

eitilt f (genitive singular eitilte, nominative plural eitiltí)

  1. verbal noun of eitil
  2. flight, flutter
  3. flicker (of flame)

Declension

Declension of eitilt (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative eitilt eitiltí
vocative a eitilt a eitiltí
genitive eitilte eitiltí
dative eitilt eitiltí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an eitilt na heitiltí
genitive na heitilte na n-eitiltí
dative leis an eitilt
don eitilt 		leis na heitiltí

Derived terms

  • innealtóir eitilte (“flight engineer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of eitilt
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eitilt n-eitilt heitilt not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 144, page 73
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