eidhneach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish eidnech (“ivied, ivy-clad”, adjective), from eiden(n) m (“ivy”). By surface analysis, eidheann (“ivy”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]eidhneach (genitive singular masculine eidhnigh, genitive singular feminine eidhní, plural eidhneánacha, comparative eidhní)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | eidhneach | eidhneach | eidhneacha | |
| vocative | eidhnigh | eidhneacha | ||
| genitive | eidhní | eidhneacha | eidhneach | |
| dative | eidhneach | eidhneach; eidhnigh (archaic) |
eidhneacha | |
| Comparative | níos eidhní | |||
| Superlative | is eidhní | |||
Synonyms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| eidhneach | n-eidhneach | heidhneach | 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), “eidnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language