eilifint
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish elifaint, from Old French olifant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās), from Afroasiatic.
Noun
eilifint f or m (genitive singular eilifinte, nominative plural eilifintí)
Declension
Declension of eilifint
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- eilifintiúil (“elephantine”, adjective)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
eilifint | n-eilifint | heilifint | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “eilifint”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “eilifint”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eilifint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “elef(a)int”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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