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

Mutated forms of Eilvéiseach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Eilvéiseach	nEilvéiseach	hEilvéiseach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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