éide

See also: eide and Eide

Irish

Alternative forms

• éideadh

Etymology

From Middle Irish éted (“clothing”), from Old Irish étiud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːdʲə/

Noun

éide f or m (genitive singular éide, nominative plural éidí)

1. clothes, clothing
2. armor, panoply
3. livery, uniform
4. vestments
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 197:

     Chuaidh sí go dtí uncail di a bhí i n‑a shagart san bhaile mhór agus fuair sí uaidh sórt éide agus giúrléidí beaga éigin eile.

     She went to an uncle of hers who was a priest in the city and from him she got a variety of vestments and some other small accessories.

Declension

Declension of éide (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative éide éidí vocative a éide a éidí genitive éide éidí dative éide éidí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an éide na héidí genitive na héide na n-éidí dative leis an éide don éide leis na héidí

Alternative declension

Declension of éide (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative éide éidí vocative a éide a éidí genitive éide éidí dative éide éidí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-éide na héidí genitive an éide na n-éidí dative leis an éide don éide leis na héidí

Derived terms

• éide bróin
• éide Mhuire
• éidigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of éide

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éide	n-éide	héide	t-éide

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éide”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 282
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éide”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN