eitic

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French ethique, from Late Latin ethica, from Ancient Greek ἠθική (ēthikḗ), from ἠθικός (ēthikós, “moral”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, moral nature”).

Noun

eitic f (genitive singular eitice)

1. (philosophy) ethics, ethic

Declension

Declension of eitic (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative eitic vocative a eitic genitive eitice dative eitic forms with the definite article singular nominative an eitic genitive na heitice dative leis an eitic don eitic

Derived terms

• bitheitic
• eitic Chríostaí
• eitic dhualeolaíochta
• eitic ghairmiúil
• eitic ghnéis
• eitic ghnó
• eitic leighis, eitic mhíochaine
• eitic na hócáide
• eitic oibre
• eitic Phrotastúnach
• eitic suáilcí
• eitic theileolaíoch
• eiticí
• eiticiúil

Mutation

Mutated forms of eitic

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eitic	n-eitic	heitic	t-eitic

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eitic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ethic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “ethics”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025