eitre

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

eitre

1. inflection of eitern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish etrige, from Old Irish etarche, from Proto-Celtic *enterɸrikyā, from *enter (“between”) *ɸrikā (“furrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛtʲəɾʲə/

Noun

eitre f (genitive singular eitre, nominative plural eitrí)

1. furrow, groove
2. (carpentry) draft
3. (golf) groove (in the club face)

   Synonym: claisín

4. chink (of sea shell)

Declension

Declension of eitre (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative eitre eitrí vocative a eitre a eitrí genitive eitre eitrí dative eitre eitrí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an eitre na heitrí genitive na heitre na n-eitrí dative leis an eitre don eitre leis na heitrí

Derived terms

• eitreach
• eitrigh
• teanga agus eitre (“tongue and groove”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of eitre

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eitre	n-eitre	heitre	not applicable

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