eidhneánach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish eidnénach (“ivy-clad”, adj), from eiden(n) m (“ivy”). By surface analysis, eidhneán (“ivy; ivy branch”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
eidhneánach (genitive singular masculine eidhneánaigh, genitive singular feminine eidhneánaí, plural eidhneánacha, comparative eidhneánaí)
Declension
Declension of eidhneánach
| 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
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eidhneánach | n-eidhneánach | heidhneánach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eidhneánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “eidnénach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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