éalaitheach

Irish

Etymology

From éalaithe +‎ -ach.

Adjective

éalaitheach (genitive singular masculine éalaithigh, genitive singular feminine éalaithí, plural éalaitheacha, not comparable)

1. absconding, fugitive
2. elusive

Declension

Declension of éalaitheach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	éalaitheach	éalaitheach	éalaitheacha
Vocative	éalaithigh		éalaitheacha
Genitive		éalaithí	éalaitheacha	éalaitheach
Dative	éalaitheach	éalaitheach; éalaithigh (archaic)	éalaitheacha
Comparative	níos éalaithí
Superlative	is éalaithí

Noun

éalaitheach m (genitive singular éalaithigh, nominative plural éalaithigh)

1. escapee; absconder; fugitive

   Synonym: éalaitheoir

2. survivor

   Synonym: éalaitheoir

Declension

Declension of éalaitheach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative éalaitheach éalaithigh Vocative a éalaithigh a éalaitheacha Genitive éalaithigh éalaitheach Dative éalaitheach éalaithigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-éalaitheach na héalaithigh Genitive an éalaithigh na n-éalaitheach Dative leis an éalaitheach don éalaitheach leis na héalaithigh

Derived terms

• éalaitheach oíche (“fly-by-night”)
• éalaitheach príosúin (“prison-breaker”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

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