éide

See also: eide and Eide

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish étiud, éted (“raiment, covering, garment; warlike attire, armour, coat of mail; act of clothing, arming, putting on, donning (armour)”).

Noun

éide f, m (genitive singular éide, nominative plural éidí)

clothes, clothing; garment(s)

in éide fir tíre ― in plain clothes

in éide ghiortach ― in scant attire

éide iargúlta ― outlandish dress
distinctive dress; vestment(s), livery, uniform

faoi éide ― dressed in uniform
(historical) armour, panoply

i dtruaill éide ― encased in armour

an fabht san éide ― the chink in the armour

Declension

Declension of éide

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	éide	éidí
Vocative	a éide	a éidí
Genitive	éide	éidí
Dative	éide	éidí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an éide	na héidí
Genitive	na héide	na n-éidí
Dative	leis an éide don éide	leis na héidí

Alternative declension

Declension of éide

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	éide	éidí
Vocative	a éide	a éidí
Genitive	éide	éidí
Dative	éide	éidí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-éide	na héidí
Genitive	an éide	na n-éidí
Dative	leis an éide don éide	leis na héidí

Derived terms

Terms derived from éide

éide Aifrinn (“Mass vestments”)
éide baiste (“baptismal robes”)
éide bróin (“mourning (clothes)”)

éide chatha (“battle armour”)
éide easpaig (“pontificals”)
éide Mhuire (“scapular (of B.V.M.)”)

éide phláta (“plate-armour”)
éide sagairt (“priest's vestments”)
éide uchta (“chest-armour”)

Mutation

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

References

"éide" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“étiud, éted” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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