eitleach

Irish

Etymology

From eitil (“fly, flutter”, verb) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

eitleach (genitive singular masculine eitligh, genitive singular feminine eitlí, plural eitleacha)

1. flying, flighty
2. fluttering

Declension

Declension of eitleach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	eitleach	eitleach	eitleacha
vocative	eitligh		eitleacha
genitive		eitlí	eitleacha	eitleach
dative	eitleach	eitleach; eitligh (archaic)	eitleacha
Comparative	níos eitlí
Superlative	is eitlí

Mutation

Mutated forms of eitleach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eitleach	n-eitleach	heitleach	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eitleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN