eit

See also: EIT

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiþį̄, cognate to Finnish äiti.

Noun

eit (genitive eide, partitive eite)

1. old woman
2. wife (especially an older one)
3. (colloquial) girl, woman, girlfriend, wife
4. (dialectal, dated) mother

Declension

Declension of eit (type külm)

	singular	plural
nominative	eit	eided
genitive	eide	eitede
partitive	eite	eiti / eitesid
illative	eite / eidesse	eitedesse / eidisse
inessive	eides	eitedes / eidis
elative	eidest	eitedest / eidist
allative	eidele	eitedele / eidile
adessive	eidel	eitedel / eidil
ablative	eidelt	eitedelt / eidilt
translative	eideks	eitedeks / eidiks
terminative	eideni	eitedeni
essive	eidena	eitedena
abessive	eideta	eitedeta
comitative	eidega	eitedega

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Livonian

Alternative forms

• eitõ (Courland)

Etymology

Akin to Finnish heittää.

Verb

eit

1. throw

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Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.id/, /ei̯d/

Verb

eit

1. impersonal imperfect indicative of mynet

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse eitt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æɪt/
• Homophone: eitt

Article

eit n (masculine ein, feminine ei)

1. a, an (indefinite article)

   Eit kvitt hus.

   A white house.

See also

• et (Bokmål) (neuter indefinite article)

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌjt/

Numeral

eit

1. (South Scots) eight (note pronunciation)

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Tok Pisin

Numeral

eit

1. Alternative form of et