eilit

== Irish == === Alternative forms === eilid === Etymology === From Middle Irish ailit, from Old Irish elit (“doe, hind”), from Proto-Celtic *elantī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic eilid. === Pronunciation === (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈehlʲədʲ/ === Noun === eilit f (genitive singular eilite or eilte, nominative plural eilití or eilte) doe, hind (female deer) (figurative, derogatory) tall, thin, badly dressed woman Synonym: feadóg ==== Declension ==== Alternative declension: ==== Derived terms ==== eilit mhaol f (“hornless doe”) craiceann eilite m (“doeskin”) lao eilite m (“fawn”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === 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