éilliú

Irish

Alternative forms

• éilneadh

Noun

éilliú m (genitive singular éillithe)

1. verbal noun of éilligh
2. corruption; defilement, pollution
3. (law) subornation

Declension

Declension of éilliú

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative éilliú Vocative a éilliú Genitive éillithe Dative éilliú

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-éilliú Genitive an éillithe Dative leis an éilliú don éilliú

Related terms

• dí-éilliú (“decontamination”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éilliú	n-éilliú	héilliú	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éilliú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “éilliú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “éilliú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024