eite

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ette.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛtʲə/

Noun

eite f (genitive singular eite, nominative plural eití)

wing (of bird; of army)
pinion; wing feather
fin (of a fish, etc.)
(zoology) pinnule
(surveying) vane
wing-like attachment
(politics) wing
an eite chlé ― the left wing

Declension

Declension of eite

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	eite	eití
Vocative	a eite	a eití
Genitive	eite	eití
Dative	eite	eití

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an eite	na heití
Genitive	na heite	na n-eití
Dative	leis an eite don eite	leis na heití

Derived terms

Derived terms

eiteach

eiteagán

eite droma

eiteog

Mutation

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

Further reading

"eite" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “eite” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “eite” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Lithuanian

Participle

eite

"manner of action" būdinys participle of eiti.

Paelignian

Etymology

Cognate to Latin īte

Verb

eite

to go (plural active imperative form)

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