eitil

Faroese

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaiːjtɪl/
• Rhymes: -aiːtil

Noun

eitil m (genitive singular eitils, plural eitlar)

1. (anatomy, immunology) lymph node

Declension

m21	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eitil	eitilin	eitlar	eitlarnir
accusative	eitil	eitilin	eitlar	eitlarnar
dative	eitli	eitlinum	eitlum	eitlunum
genitive	eitils	eitilsins	eitla	eitlanna

Derived terms

• eitlabruni
• eitlagørn
• eitlasjúka
• eitlaspik
• eitlatroti
• eitlaválgari
• eitlutur
• hálseitil