ealaín
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- ealadha (archaic nominative/accusative)
- ealadhain (superseded, formerly dative only)
- ealaí (modern spelling of archaic nominative/accusative)
Etymology edit
From Old Irish elada (“art, science, acquired craft or skill”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /aˈlˠiːnʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɑːlˠiːnʲ/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈæliːn/[1]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈalˠinʲ/,[2] /ˈɑlˠɨnʲ/[3]
Noun edit
ealaín f (genitive singular ealaíne, nominative plural ealaíona)
Declension edit
Declension of ealaín
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- ealaíonta
- ealaíontacht
- ealaíontóir
- tine ealaíne (“firework”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ealaín | n-ealaín | healaín | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 23
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47
- ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt[1] (in Irish), Belfast: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], § 2
Further reading edit
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “elada, elatha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ealaḋa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 276
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ealaín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN