eilifint

Irish

eilifintí

Alternative forms

• eileafaint, eileafant
• eiliofaint (obs)

Etymology

From Middle Irish elifaint, from Old French olifant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās), from Afroasiatic.

Noun

eilifint f or m (genitive singular eilifinte, nominative plural eilifintí)

1. elephant

Declension

Declension of eilifint

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative eilifint eilifintí Vocative a eilifint a eilifintí Genitive eilifinte eilifintí Dative eilifint eilifintí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an eilifint na heilifintí Genitive na heilifinte na n-eilifintí Dative leis an eilifint don eilifint leis na heilifintí

Derived terms

• eilifintiúil (“elephantine”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eilifint	n-eilifint	heilifint	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eilifint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “eilifint”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “eilifint”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “eiliofaint”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “elef(a)int”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language