eanach

Irish

Alternative forms

• anach

Etymology

From Middle Irish enach, from Old Irish en (“water”) (+ -ach), from Proto-Celtic *ɸenos, from Proto-Indo-European *pen- (“bog, mire”).

Noun

eanach m (genitive singular eanaigh, nominative plural eanaigh)

1. (geography) marsh, swamp, fen
2. passage through swamp; narrow path, pass
3. marsh-hunting, fowling; snaring

Declension

Declension of eanach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative eanach eanaigh Vocative a eanaigh a eanacha Genitive eanaigh eanach Dative eanach eanaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-eanach na heanaigh Genitive an eanaigh na n-eanach Dative leis an eanach don eanach leis na heanaigh

Derived terms

• crotach eanaigh (“whimbrel”)
• fiteog eanaigh (“matgrass”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

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