eile

From Proto-Finnic *eklen. Cognate to Finnish eilen, Votic egle, and Livvi egläi.

eile (not comparable)

1. yesterday

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɪ̯lə/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯lə

eile

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlʲə/

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”).

eile

1. other, another; next, more, else

eile

1. else

eile

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

eile f (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of uile (“all”)

eile

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 89
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 59

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈelə/

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?

• air an làimh eile (“on the other hand”)
• air an rathad eile (“the other way round”)
• an latha eile (“the other day”)
• tèile (“another [feminine] one”)

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “eile”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language