Eoghanach

Irish

Etymology

From Eoghan +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Eoghanach (genitive singular masculine Eoghanaigh, genitive singular feminine Eoghanaí, plural Eoghanacha, not comparable)

1. Tyrone (attributive)

Declension

Declension of Eoghanach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Eoghanach	Eoghanach	Eoghanacha
vocative	Eoghanaigh		Eoghanacha
genitive		Eoghanaí	Eoghanacha	Eoghanach
dative	Eoghanach	Eoghanach; Eoghanaigh (archaic)	Eoghanacha
Comparative	níos Eoghanaí
Superlative	is Eoghanaí

Related terms

• Tír Eoghain (“Tyrone”)

Noun

Eoghanach m (genitive singular Eoghanaigh, nominative plural Eoghanaigh)

1. (historical) member of Cineál Eoghain
2. native of County Tyrone

Declension

Declension of Eoghanach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Eoghanach Eoghanaigh vocative a Eoghanaigh a Eoghanacha genitive Eoghanaigh Eoghanach dative Eoghanach Eoghanaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tEoghanach na hEoghanaigh genitive an Eoghanaigh na nEoghanach dative leis an Eoghanach don Eoghanach leis na hEoghanaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Eoghanach

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