éide
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish étiud, éted (“raiment, covering, garment; warlike attire, armour, coat of mail; act of clothing, arming, putting on, donning (armour)”).
Noun
éide f or m (genitive singular éide, nominative plural éidí)
- clothes, clothing; garment(s)
- in éide fir tíre ― in plain clothes
- in éide ghiortach ― in scant attire
- éide iargúlta ― outlandish dress
- distinctive dress; vestment(s), livery, uniform
- faoi éide ― dressed in uniform
- (historical) armour, panoply
- i dtruaill éide ― encased in armour
- an fabht san éide ― the chink in the armour
Declension
Declension of éide
Fourth declension
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative declension
Declension of éide
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- éide Aifrinn (“Mass vestments”)
- éide baiste (“baptismal robes”)
- éide bróin (“mourning (clothes)”)
- éide chatha (“battle armour”)
- éide easpaig (“pontificals”)
- éide Mhuire (“scapular (of B.V.M.)”)
- éide phláta (“plate-armour”)
- éide sagairt (“priest's vestments”)
- éide uchta (“chest-armour”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| éide | n-éide | héide | t-éide |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "éide" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “étiud, éted”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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