Éabha

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Eua, Eba, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːvˠə/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːwə/

Proper noun

Éabha f (genitive Éabha)

1. (biblical) Eve

Derived terms

• Síol Éabha (“Eve's descendants, the human race”, literally “the seed of Eve”)

Related terms

• Ádhamh (“Adam”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Éabha

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Éabha	nÉabha	hÉabha	not applicable

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) “Éabha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Eba, Eua”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Éabha”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Éabha”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024