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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
ist! whist! Eng. whist! hist! Lat. st! Onomatopoetic.
ite, a feather, Ir. iteóg, O. Ir. ette: *ettiâ, *pet-tiâ, root pet, fly; Gr. πέτομαι, I fly; Lat. penna, a wing (*pet-na), Eng. pen; Eng. feather, Ger. fittich; etc. See eun. W. aden, wing, is near related. iteachan, a spool, weaver's bobbin.
iteodha, hemlok. Cameron (29) suggests a derivation from ite, the idea being "feather-foliaged".
ith, eat, Ir., O. Ir. ithim: *itô, *pitô, I eat; Ch. Sl. pi̓tati, feed: Skr. pitu, nourishment, Zend pitu, food; further Gr. πίτυς, pine. Also †ith, †ioth, corn, as in iodhlann, q.v.
iubhar, yew, Ir. iubhar, E. Ir. ibar, Gaul. Eburos; Ger. eberesche, service-tree (*ebarisc). So Schräder. It does not seem that Ir. eó, W. yw, Br. ivin, *ivo-, Eng. yew, can be allied to iubhar. Hence iubrach, a yew wood, stately woman, the mythic boat of Fergus Mac Ro in the Deirdre story. Eboracum?
iùc, corner, slit. See niùc.
iuchair, a key, Ir. eochair, E. Ir. eochuir, Manx ogher, W. egoriad, key, egor, agor, opening: *ekûri-; root stem pecu-, fastening, whence Lat. pecu, cattle, Eng. fee. Cf. W. ebill, key, auger.
iuchair, the roe, spawn, Ir., M. Ir. iuchair: *jekvuri, Lat. jecur, liver?
iuchar, the dog-days:
iugh, a particular posture in which the dead are placed:
iùl, guidance, Ir. iul; cf. eòlas.
iullag, a sprightly female, iullagach, sprightly:
iùnais, want, E. Ir. inguáis, O. Ir. ingnais, absence: *in-gnáth, from gnáth, known, custom; see gnàth. Aslo aonais.
iunnrais, stormy sky:
iunntas, wealth:
iurpais, fidgeting, wrestling; cf. farpuis.
†iursach, suspensory (Oss. Ballads), applied to the mail-coat. From iris. H.S.D. gives the meaning as "black, dark".
iuthaidh, fiuthaidh, iùthaidh, arrow, gun, etc.:
iutharn, hell; for *ifhern, a side-form of ifrinn.
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là, latha, day, Ir. lá, g. laoi, O. Ir. lathe, laithe, lae, g. lathi, d. lau, lóu, ló: *lasio-, root las, shine; Skr. lásati, shines; Gr. λάω, behold.
làban, làban, mire, dirt, Ir. lábán; also làib. Cf. for root làthach (*làth-bo-).
labanach, a day-labourer, plebeian, Ir. labánach (O'B., etc.; Sh.); from Lat. labor?
