eile

See also: Eile

Estonian

Etymology

From . Cognate to Finnish eilen, Votic eglee, and Livvi egläi.

Adverb

eile

1. yesterday

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɪ̯lə/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯lə

Verb

eile

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of eilen.
2. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of eilen.
3. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of eilen.
4. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of eilen.

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlʲə/

Etymology 1

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”).

Adjective

eile

1. other, another; next, more, else

Adverb

eile

1. else

Etymology 2

Adjective

eile

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

Noun

eile f (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of uile (“all”)

Adverb

eile

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

Mutation

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈelə/

Adjective

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

• air an làimh eile (“on the other hand”)
• air an rathad eile (“the other way round”)
• an latha eile (“the other day”)
• tèile (“another [feminine] one”)

References

• 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