Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish etchid, etigid, from eitech (refusal, refusing), verbal noun of Old Irish as·toing (refuses, literally swears away from, removes by oath).

Verb

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eitigh (present analytic eitíonn, future analytic eiteoidh, verbal noun eiteach, past participle eitithe)

  1. (transitive) refuse, reject
    Proverb: Níor eitigh páipéar bán dúch riamh.Youth is impressionable. (literally “Blank paper never rejected ink.”)
Conjugation
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Noun

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eitigh m sg

  1. genitive singular of eiteach (refusal)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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eitigh m sg

  1. genitive singular of eiteach (wings; plumes, feathers; fins)

Adjective

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eitigh

  1. vocative singular masculine of eiteach (winged; pennate, plumed, feathered; finned)
  2. genitive singular masculine of eiteach
  3. (archaic) dative singular feminine of eiteach

Mutation

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

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