eile

See also: Eile

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *eklen. Cognate with Finnish eilen and Votic egle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈei̯le/, [ˈei̯le̞]
  • Rhymes: -eile
  • Hyphenation: ei‧le

Adverb

eile (not comparable)

  1. yesterday

References

  • eile in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “eile”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaɪ̯lə/
  • Audio (Germany):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯lə

Verb

eile

  1. inflection of eilen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aile (“second, (an)other”),[4] from Proto-Celtic *alyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (“other, out of a group of more than two”), from *h₂el- (“beyond”).

Adjective

eile

  1. other, another; next, more, else
    Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile. (proverb)
    It takes one to know one.
    (literally, “A beetle recognizes another beetle.”)

Adverb

eile

  1. else

Etymology 2

Adjective

eile

  1. alternative form of uile (“all, every; all, whole”)

Noun

eile f (indeclinable)

  1. alternative form of uile (“all”)

Adverb

eile

  1. alternative form of uile (“all, wholly, entirely”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of eile
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eile n-eile heile not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 109, page 59
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 89
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 89, page 36
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “eile”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 401; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aile, eile, oile (“second, other, another”), from Proto-Celtic *alyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (“other, out of a group of more than two”), from *h₂el- (“beyond”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈelə/

Adjective

eile

  1. other, another, else
    Tha faclair eile agam. ― I have another/a different dictionary.
    'S e sin rudeigin eile. ― That's something else.
    A bheil searrag eile agaibh? ― Do you have another/one more flask?

Derived terms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “eile”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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