Eilvéiseach

Irish

Etymology

From An Eilvéis (“Switzerland”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Eilvéiseach (genitive singular masculine Eilvéisigh, genitive singular feminine Eilvéisí, plural Eilvéiseacha, not comparable)

1. Swiss, Helvetian, Helvetic

Declension

Declension of Eilvéiseach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Eilvéiseach	Eilvéiseach	Eilvéiseacha
Vocative	Eilvéisigh		Eilvéiseacha
Genitive		Eilvéisí	Eilvéiseacha	Eilvéiseach
Dative	Eilvéiseach	Eilvéiseach; Eilvéisigh (archaic)	Eilvéiseacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Derived terms

• cáis Eilvéiseach (“Swiss cheese”)
• franc Eilvéiseach (“Swiss franc”)
• rollóg Eilvéiseach (“Swiss roll”)
• scian airm Eilvéiseach (“Swiss army knife”)

 

Related terms

• Cónaidhm na hEilvéise (“Swiss Confederation”)
• franc na hEilvéise (“Swiss franc”)

 

Noun

Eilvéiseach m (genitive singular Eilvéisigh, nominative plural Eilvéisigh)

1. Swiss person

Declension

Declension of Eilvéiseach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Eilvéiseach Eilvéisigh Vocative a Eilvéisigh a Eilvéiseacha Genitive Eilvéisigh Eilvéiseach Dative Eilvéiseach Eilvéisigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tEilvéiseach na hEilvéisigh Genitive an Eilvéisigh na nEilvéiseach Dative leis an Eilvéiseach don Eilvéiseach leis na hEilvéisigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Eilvéiseach	nEilvéiseach	hEilvéiseach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Eilvéiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Eilvéiseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Eilvéiseach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024