eilit
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish elit, ailit (“doe, hind”), from Proto-Celtic *elantī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic eilid.
Declension
Declension of eilit
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative declension:
Declension of eilit
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. | |||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 71
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
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