eile

See also: Eile

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic [Term?]. Cognate to Finnish eilen, Votic eglee, and Livvi egläi.

Adverb

eile

  1. yesterday

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaɪ̯lə/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯lə

Verb

eile

  1. First-person singular present of eilen.
  2. First-person singular subjunctive I of eilen.
  3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of eilen.
  4. Imperative singular of eilen.

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aile, eile, oile (“second, other, another”), from Proto-Celtic *alyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (“other, out of a group of more than two”), from *h₂el- (“beyond”).

Adjective

eile

  1. other, another; next, more, else

Adverb

eile

  1. else

Etymology 2

Adjective

eile

  1. Alternative form of uile (“all, every; all, whole”)

Noun

eile f (indeclinable)

  1. Alternative form of uile (“all”)

Adverb

eile

  1. Alternative form of uile (“all, wholly, entirely”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aile, eile, oile (“second, other, another”), from Proto-Celtic *alyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (“other, out of a group of more than two”), from *h₂el- (“beyond”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈelə/

Adjective

eile

  1. other, another, else
    Tha faclair eile agam. ― I have another/a different dictionary.
    'S e sin rudeigin eile. ― That's something else.
    A bheil searrag eile agaibh? ― Do you have another/one more flask?

Derived terms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “aile” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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