éirimeach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From éirim (“riding, driving; course, gallop; movement, journey; range, scope; tenor, drift; inclination, tendency; aptitude, talent; intelligence”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
éirimeach (genitive singular masculine éirimigh, genitive singular feminine éirimí, plural éirimeacha, comparative éirimí)
- Alternative form of éirimiúil (“lively, spirited; sprightly; talented, gifted; intelligent”)
Declension edit
Declension of éirimeach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | éirimeach | éirimeach | éirimeacha | |
| Vocative | éirimigh | éirimeacha | ||
| Genitive | éirimí | éirimeacha | éirimeach | |
| Dative | éirimeach | éirimeach; éirimigh (archaic) |
éirimeacha | |
| Comparative | níos éirimí | |||
| Superlative | is éirimí | |||
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| éirimeach | n-éirimeach | héirimeach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éirimiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN