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eitil

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse eitill (nodule), from Proto-Germanic *aitǭ (swelling) (compare Old High German eiz (abscess), Dutch etter (pus), Saterland Frisian eitel (fast, raging), English oats), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eid- (to swell) (compare Latin aemidus (swollen, protuberant), Old Church Slavonic ꙗдъ (jadŭ, poison), Ancient Greek οἰδέω (oidéō, to swell), Old Armenian այտնում (aytnum, to swell), այտ (ayt, cheek), Sanskrit इन्दु (índu, water drop).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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eitil m (genitive singular eitils, plural eitlar)

  1. (anatomy, immunology) lymph node

Declension

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m21 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eitil eitilin eitlar eitlarnir
accusative eitil eitilin eitlar eitlarnar
dative eitli eitlinum eitlum eitlunum
genitive eitils eitilsins eitla eitlanna

Derived terms

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish etelaigid, etellaigidir (to fly), from etel, etell f (flight).

Verb

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eitil (present analytic eitlíonn, future analytic eitleoidh, verbal noun eitilt, past participle eitilte)

  1. (intransitive) fly, flutter
  2. (intransitive, of flame) flicker
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English ethyl, from German Ethyl.

Noun

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eitil f (genitive singular eitile)

  1. (chemistry) ethyl
Declension
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Declension of eitil (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative eitil
vocative a eitil
genitive eitile
dative eitil
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an eitil
genitive na heitile
dative leis an eitil
don eitil
Derived terms
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of eitil
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eitil n-eitil heitil not applicable

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

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