eitil

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse eitill (nodule), from Proto-Germanic *aitǭ (swelling) (compare Old High German eiz (abscess), Dutch etter (pus), Saterland Frisian eitel (fast, raging), English oats), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eid- (to swell) (compare Latin aemidus (swollen, protuberant), Old Church Slavonic ꙗдъ (jadŭ, poison), Ancient Greek οἰδέω (oidéō, to swell), Old Armenian այտնում (aytnum, to swell), այտ (ayt, cheek), Sanskrit इन्दु (índu, water drop).

Pronunciation

Noun

eitil m (genitive singular eitils, plural eitlar)

  1. (anatomy, immunology) lymph node

Declension

Declension of eitil
m21 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eitil eitilin eitlar eitlarnir
accusative eitil eitilin eitlar eitlarnar
dative eitli eitlinum eitlum eitlunum
genitive eitils eitilsins eitla eitlanna

Derived terms


Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English ethyl, from German Ethyl.

Noun

eitil f (genitive singular eitile)

  1. (chemistry) ethyl
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish etelaigid, etellaigidir (flies, verb), from etel, etell f (flying, fluttering; flight).

Verb

eitil (present analytic eitlíonn, future analytic eitleoidh, verbal noun eitilt, past participle eitilte)

  1. (intransitive) fly, flutter
  2. (intransitive, of flame) flicker
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • eitleach (flying, flighty; fluttering, adjective)
  • eitleán m (airplane)
  • eitleog f (short flight; flying jump, bound; flighty creature, flighty girl; volley; kite)
  • eitleoir m (flyer)
  • eitlíocht f (aviation)

Pronunciation

Mutation

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

References