eitneach

Irish

Etymology

From eitni- + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

eitneach (genitive singular masculine eitnigh, genitive singular feminine eitní, plural eitneacha, comparative eitní)

1. ethnic

   Synonym: ciníoch

Declension

Declension of eitneach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	eitneach	eitneach	eitneacha
vocative	eitnigh		eitneacha
genitive		eitní	eitneacha	eitneach
dative	eitneach	eitneach; eitnigh (archaic)	eitneacha
Comparative	níos eitní
Superlative	is eitní

Derived terms

• eitneachas m (“ethnicity”)
• il-eitneach (“multi-ethnic”)

 

Related terms

• eitneacht f (“ethnicity”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of eitneach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eitneach	n-eitneach	heitneach	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eitneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “eitneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “eitneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024