Eoghanach

Irish

Etymology

From Eoghan +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Eoghanach (genitive singular masculine Eoghanaigh, genitive singular feminine Eoghanaí, plural Eoghanacha, not comparable)

1. Tyrone (attributive)

Declension

Declension of Eoghanach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Eoghanach	Eoghanach	Eoghanacha
Vocative	Eoghanaigh		Eoghanacha
Genitive		Eoghanaí	Eoghanacha	Eoghanach
Dative	Eoghanach	Eoghanach; Eoghanaigh (archaic)	Eoghanacha
Comparative	níos Eoghanaí
Superlative	is Eoghanaí

Related terms

• Tír Eoghain (“Tyrone”)

Noun

Eoghanach m (genitive singular Eoghanaigh, nominative plural Eoghanaigh)

1. (historical) member of Cineál Eoghain
2. native of County Tyrone

Declension

Declension of Eoghanach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Eoghanach Eoghanaigh Vocative a Eoghanaigh a Eoghanacha Genitive Eoghanaigh Eoghanach Dative Eoghanach Eoghanaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tEoghanach na hEoghanaigh Genitive an Eoghanaigh na nEoghanach Dative leis an Eoghanach don Eoghanach leis na hEoghanaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Eoghanach	nEoghanach	hEoghanach	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) “Eoghanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Eoghanach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024