éitheach

Irish

Noun

éitheach m (genitive singular éithigh)

1. lying
2. lie, falsehood
3. untruth

Declension

Declension of éitheach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative éitheach Vocative a éithigh Genitive éithigh Dative éitheach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-éitheach Genitive an éithigh Dative leis an éitheach don éitheach

Synonyms

• (lie): bréag
• (untruth): neamhfhírinne

Derived terms

• dubhéitheach (“downright lie”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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