Oilimpeach

Irish

Etymology

From Oilimpeas (“Olympus”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Oilimpeach (genitive singular masculine Oilimpigh, genitive singular feminine Oilimpí, plural Oilimpeacha, not comparable)

1. Olympic, Olympian

Declension

Declension of Oilimpeach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Oilimpeach	Oilimpeach	Oilimpeacha
vocative	Oilimpigh		Oilimpeacha
genitive		Oilimpí	Oilimpeacha	Oilimpeach
dative	Oilimpeach	Oilimpeach; Oilimpigh (archaic)	Oilimpeacha
Comparative	níos Oilimpí
Superlative	is Oilimpí

Derived terms

• Cluichí Oilimpeacha m pl (“Olympic Games”)

Related terms

• Oilimpiad m (“Olympiad”)

Noun

Oilimpeach m (genitive singular Oilimpigh, nominative plural Oilimpigh)

1. Olympian

Declension

Declension of Oilimpeach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Oilimpeach Oilimpigh vocative a Oilimpigh a Oilimpeacha genitive Oilimpigh Oilimpeach dative Oilimpeach Oilimpigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tOilimpeach na hOilimpigh genitive an Oilimpigh na nOilimpeach dative leis an Oilimpeach don Oilimpeach leis na hOilimpigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Oilimpeach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Oilimpeach	nOilimpeach	hOilimpeach	tOilimpeach

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