ealaín

Irish

Alternative forms

• ealadha (archaic nominative/accusative)
• ealadhain (superseded, formerly dative only)
• ealaí (modern spelling of archaic nominative/accusative)

Etymology

From Old Irish elada (“art, science, acquired craft or skill”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /aˈlˠiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːlˠiːnʲ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈæliːn/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈalˠinʲ/, /ˈɑlˠɨnʲ/

Noun

ealaín f (genitive singular ealaíne, nominative plural ealaíona)

1. art

Declension

Declension of ealaín (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ealaín ealaíona vocative a ealaín a ealaíona genitive ealaíne ealaíon dative ealaín ealaíona forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ealaín na healaíona genitive na healaíne na n-ealaíon dative leis an ealaín don ealaín leis na healaíona

Derived terms

• ealaíonta
• ealaíontacht
• ealaíontóir
• tine ealaíne (“firework”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ealaín

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ealaín	n-ealaín	healaín	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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “elada, elatha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ealaḋa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 276
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ealaín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN