eidhneánach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish eidnénach (“ivy-clad”, adj), from eiden(n) m (“ivy”). By surface analysis, eidhneán (“ivy; ivy branch”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]eidhneánach (genitive singular masculine eidhneánaigh, genitive singular feminine eidhneánaí, plural eidhneánacha, comparative eidhneánaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | eidhneánach | eidhneánach | eidhneánacha | |
| vocative | eidhneánaigh | eidhneánacha | ||
| genitive | eidhneánaí | eidhneánacha | eidhneánach | |
| dative | eidhneánach | eidhneánach; eidhneánaigh (archaic) |
eidhneánacha | |
| Comparative | níos eidhneánaí | |||
| Superlative | is eidhneánaí | |||
Synonyms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| eidhneánach | n-eidhneánach | heidhneánach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eidhneánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eidnénach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language