Eastónach

Irish

Etymology

From An Eastóin (“Estonia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Eastónach (genitive singular masculine Eastónaigh, genitive singular feminine Eastónaí, plural Eastónacha, not comparable)

1. Estonian

Declension

Declension of Eastónach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Eastónach	Eastónach	Eastónacha
vocative	Eastónaigh		Eastónacha
genitive		Eastónaí	Eastónacha	Eastónach
dative	Eastónach	Eastónach; Eastónaigh (archaic)	Eastónacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Related terms

• Eastóinis f (“Estonian”) (language)
• Poblacht na hEastóine (“the Republic of Estonia”)

 

Noun

Eastónach m (genitive singular Eastónaigh, nominative plural Eastónaigh)

1. Estonian

Declension

Declension of Eastónach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Eastónach Eastónaigh vocative a Eastónaigh a Eastónacha genitive Eastónaigh Eastónach dative Eastónach Eastónaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tEastónach na hEastónaigh genitive an Eastónaigh na nEastónach dative leis an Eastónach don Eastónach leis na hEastónaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Eastónach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Eastónach	nEastónach	hEastónach	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) “Eastónach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Eastónach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024