eitigh

== Irish == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Irish etchid, etigid, from eitech (“refusal, refusing”), verbal noun of Old Irish as·toing (“refuses”, literally “swears away from, removes by oath”). ==== Verb ==== eitigh (present analytic eitíonn, future analytic eiteoidh, verbal noun eiteach, past participle eitithe) (transitive) refuse, reject Proverb: Níor eitigh páipéar bán dúch riamh. ― Youth is impressionable. (literally “Blank paper never rejected ink.”) ===== Conjugation ===== ==== Noun ==== eitigh m sg genitive singular of eiteach (“refusal”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== eitigh m sg genitive singular of eiteach (“wings; plumes, feathers; fins”) ==== Adjective ==== eitigh inflection of eiteach (“winged”): masculine vocative/genitive singular (archaic) dative singular feminine === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eitigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN