eitil – Faroese noun declension

Faroese noun forms of eitil

Noun: eitil
Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.eitil
Sg. Def.eitilin
Pl. Indef.eitlar
Pl. Def.eitlarnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.eitils
Sg. Def.eitilsins
Pl. Indef.eitla
Pl. Def.eitlanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.eitli
Sg. Def.eitlinum
Pl. Indef.eitlum
Pl. Def.eitlunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.eitil
Sg. Def.eitilin
Pl. Indef.eitlar
Pl. Def.eitlarnar

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Etymology

From Old Norse eitill (“nodule”), from Proto-Germanic *aitǭ (“swelling”) (compare Old High German eiz (“abscess”), Dutch etter (“pus”), Saterland Frisian eitel (“fast, raging”), English oats), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eid- (“to swell”) (compare Latin aemidus (“swollen, protuberant”), Old Church Slavonic ꙗдъ (jadŭ, “poison”), Ancient Greek οἰδέω (oidéō, “to swell”), Old Armenian այտնում (aytnum, “to swell”), այտ (ayt, “cheek”), Sanskrit इन्दु (índu, “water drop”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'eitill', Dutch Nouns 'etter', English Nouns 'oats', Latin Nouns 'aemidus'.

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