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

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative eitic
Vocative a eitic
Genitive eitice
Dative eitic

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an eitic
Genitive na heitice
Dative leis an eitic

don eitic

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
eitic n-eitic heitic t-eitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eitic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “ethic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • “ethics”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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