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Eadáineach
Eadáineach
Irish
Adjective
Eadáineach (genitive singular masculine Eadáinigh, genitive singular feminine Eadáiní, plural Eadáineacha, comparative Eadáiní)
- Alternative form of Iodálach (“Italian”)
Declension
Declension of Eadáineach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Eadáineach | Eadáineach¹ | Eadáineacha³ | |
| Vocative | Eadáinigh¹ | Eadáineach¹ | Eadáineacha | |
| Genitive | Eadáinigh¹ | Eadáiní (obsolete) Eadáinighe |
Eadáineacha | Eadáineach |
| Dative | Eadáineach² | Eadáineach¹ (archaic) Eadáinigh¹ |
Eadáineacha³ | |
| Comparative | Eadáiní (obsolete) Eadáinighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| Eadáineach | nEadáineach | hEadáineach | tEadáineach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “Eadáin, Eadáineaċ, Eadáinis” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 20.
- "Eadáineach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.