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

Mutated forms of Aithneach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Aithneach	nAithneach	hAithneach	tAithneach

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