éadomhain
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From éa- (“un-”) + domhain (“deep”); compare Scottish Gaelic eu-domhainn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]éadomhain (genitive singular feminine éadoimhne, plural éadoimhne, comparative éadoimhne)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | éadomhain | éadomhain | éadoimhne | |
| vocative | éadomhain | éadoimhne | ||
| genitive | éadoimhne | éadoimhne | éadomhain | |
| dative | éadomhain | éadomhain | éadoimhne | |
| Comparative | níos éadoimhne | |||
| Superlative | is éadoimhne | |||
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| éadomhain | n-éadomhain | héadomhain | 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
[edit]- “éadomhain”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “édomain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éadomhain”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 274
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éadomhain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 60
