Éabha
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish Eua, Eba, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editÉabha f (genitive Éabha)
Derived terms
edit- Síol Éabha (“Eve's descendants, the human race”, literally “the seed of Eve”)
Related terms
edit- Ádhamh (“Adam”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
Éabha | nÉabha | hÉabha | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Éabha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Eba, Eua”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Éabha”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Éabha”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024