Aithneach

See also: aithneach

Irish

Etymology

From Aithin (“Athens”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Aithneach (genitive singular masculine Aithnigh, genitive singular feminine Aithní, plural Aithneacha, not comparable)

1. Athenian

Declension

Declension of Aithneach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Aithneach	Aithneach	Aithneacha
Vocative	Aithnigh		Aithneacha
Genitive		Aithní	Aithneacha	Aithneach
Dative	Aithneach	Aithneach; Aithnigh (archaic)	Aithneacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Noun

Aithneach m (genitive singular Aithnigh, nominative plural Aithnigh)

1. Athenian

Declension

Declension of Aithneach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Aithneach Aithnigh Vocative a Aithnigh a Aithneacha Genitive Aithnigh Aithneach Dative Aithneach Aithnigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tAithneach na hAithnigh Genitive an Aithnigh na nAithneach Dative leis an Aithneach don Aithneach leis na hAithnigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Aithneach	nAithneach	hAithneach	tAithneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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