eilit

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish elit, ailit f (“doe, hind; a lively, nimble person”).

Noun

eilit f (genitive singular eilite, nominative plural eilití)

1. doe, hind (female deer)
2. tall thin woman; tall badly-dressed woman

Declension

Declension of eilit

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative eilit eilití Vocative a eilit a eilití Genitive eilite eilití Dative eilit eilití

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an eilit na heilití Genitive na heilite na n-eilití Dative leis an eilit don eilit leis na heilití

Synonyms

• (tall thin woman): feadóg

Derived terms

• craiceann eilite m (“doeskin”)
• eilit mhaol f (“hornless doe”)
• lao eilite m (“fawn”)

 

Mutation

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

References

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