eiteach

== Irish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish ettech, ittech (“winged”), from ette (“wing”). By surface analysis, eite (“wing”) +‎ -ach. ==== Adjective ==== eiteach (genitive singular masculine eitigh, genitive singular feminine eití, plural eiteacha, not comparable) winged (bird, insect, etc.); pennate, plumed, feathered finned ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== cnó eiteach (“wing-nut, butterfly nut”) -eiteach (“-winged”) scriú eiteach (“wing-screw”) ==== Noun ==== eiteach m (genitive singular eitigh) (collective) wings plumes, feathers fins ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle Irish eitech (“refusal”), verbal noun of Old Irish as·toing (“to refuse”). By surface analysis, eitigh +‎ -ach. ==== Alternative forms ==== eiteachtáil, eitiú ==== Noun ==== eiteach m (genitive singular eitigh) verbal noun of eitigh refusal Synonym: eiteachas ===== Declension ===== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “eiteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “eiteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026