Heilléanach

Irish

Alternative forms

• Heilléineach

Etymology

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Adjective

Heilléanach (genitive singular masculine Heilléanaigh, genitive singular feminine Heilléanaí, plural Heilléanacha, not comparable)

1. Hellenic

Declension

Declension of Heilléineach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Heilléineach	Heilléineach	Heilléineacha
Vocative	Heilléinigh		Heilléineacha
Genitive		Heilléiní	Heilléineacha	Heilléineach
Dative	Heilléineach	Heilléineach; Heilléinigh (archaic)	Heilléineacha
Comparative	níos Heilléiní
Superlative	is Heilléiní

Derived terms

• An Phoblacht Heilléanach f (“the Hellenic Republic”)
• Heilléanachas m (“Hellenism”)

 

Related terms

• Heilléanaí m (“Hellenist”)

Noun

Heilléanach m (genitive singular Heilléanaigh, nominative plural Heilléanaigh)

1. Hellene

Declension

Declension of Heilléanach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Heilléanach Heilléanaigh Vocative a Heilléanaigh a Heilléanacha Genitive Heilléanaigh Heilléanach Dative Heilléanach Heilléanaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Heilléanach na Heilléanaigh Genitive an Heilléanaigh na Heilléanach Dative leis an Heilléanach don Heilléanach leis na Heilléanaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Heilléanach	not applicable	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), “Heilléanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Hellenic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023