eitre

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

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish etrige, from Old Irish etarche, from Proto-Celtic *enterɸrikyā, from *enter (“between”) *ɸrikā (“furrow”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛtʲəɾʲə/[2]

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

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

References

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*frikā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 140/141
2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 35