eidhneach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish eidnech (“ivied, ivy-clad”, adjective), from eiden(n) m (“ivy”); synchronically, eidheann (“ivy”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
eidhneach (genitive singular masculine eidhnigh, genitive singular feminine eidhní, plural eidhneánacha, comparative eidhní)
Declension
Declension of eidhneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | eidhneach | eidhneach | eidhneacha | |
| Vocative | eidhnigh | eidhneacha | ||
| Genitive | eidhní | eidhneacha | eidhneach | |
| Dative | eidhneach | eidhneach; eidhnigh (archaic) |
eidhneacha | |
| Comparative | níos eidhní | |||
| Superlative | is eidhní | |||
Synonyms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eidhneach | n-eidhneach | heidhneach | 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) “eidhneánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eidnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language