eilit

Irish

Alternative forms

• eilid

Etymology

From Old Irish elit, ailit (“doe, hind”), from Proto-Celtic *elantī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic eilid.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɛhlʲədʲ/ (as if spelled eithlid).

Noun

eilit f (genitive singular eilite or eilte, nominative plural eilití or eilte)

1. doe, hind (female deer)
2. (figurative, derogatory) tall, thin, badly dressed woman

   Synonym: feadóg

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

Alternative declension:

Declension of eilit

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative eilit eilte Vocative a eilit a eilte Genitive eilte eilte Dative eilit eilte

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an eilit na heilte Genitive na heilte na n-eilte Dative leis an eilit don eilit leis na heilte

Derived terms

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

Further reading

• “eilit”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eilit”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 284
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eilit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “elit, ailit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language