aiteannach

Irish

Etymology

From aiteann (“furze, gorse, whin”) +‎ -ach, from Old Irish aittenn (“furze, gorse”).

Noun

aiteannach f (genitive singular aiteannaí)

1. (collective) furze, gorse, whins

Declension

Declension of aiteannach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aiteannach Vocative a aiteannach Genitive aiteannaí Dative aiteannach

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an aiteannach Genitive na haiteannaí Dative leis an aiteannach don aiteannach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aiteannach	n-aiteannach	haiteannach	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) “aiteannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aittenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language