eile

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *eklen. Cognate with Finnish eilen and Votic egle.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈei̯le/, [ˈei̯le̞]
  • Rhymes: -eile
  • Hyphenation: ei‧le

Adverb

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eile (not comparable)

  1. yesterday

References

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  • eile in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • eile”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaɪ̯lə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯lə

Verb

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eile

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

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish aile (second, (an)other), from Proto-Celtic *alyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (other, out of a group of more than two), from *h₂el- (beyond).

Adjective

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eile

  1. other, another; next, more, else
    Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile. (proverb)
    It takes one to know one.
    (literally, “A beetle recognizes another beetle.”)

Adverb

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eile

  1. else

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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eile

  1. Alternative form of uile (all, every; all, whole)

Noun

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eile f (indeclinable)

  1. Alternative form of uile (all)

Adverb

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eile

  1. Alternative form of uile (all, wholly, entirely)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish aile, eile, oile (second, other, another), from Proto-Celtic *alyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (other, out of a group of more than two), from *h₂el- (beyond).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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eile

  1. other, another, else
    Tha faclair eile agam.I have another/a different dictionary.
    'S e sin rudeigin eile.That's something else.
    A bheil searrag eile agaibh?Do you have another/one more flask?

Derived terms

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References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “eile”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language