Oilimpeach

Irish

Etymology

From Oilimpeas (“Olympus”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Oilimpeach (genitive singular masculine Oilimpigh, genitive singular feminine Oilimpí, plural Oilimpeacha, not comparable)

1. Olympic, Olympian

Declension

Declension of Oilimpeach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Oilimpeach	Oilimpeach	Oilimpeacha
Vocative	Oilimpigh		Oilimpeacha
Genitive		Oilimpí	Oilimpeacha	Oilimpeach
Dative	Oilimpeach	Oilimpeach; Oilimpigh (archaic)	Oilimpeacha
Comparative	níos Oilimpí
Superlative	is Oilimpí

Derived terms

• Cluichí Oilimpeacha m pl (“Olympic Games”)

Related terms

• Oilimpiad m (“Olympiad”)

Noun

Oilimpeach m (genitive singular Oilimpigh, nominative plural Oilimpigh)

1. Olympian

Declension

Declension of Oilimpeach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Oilimpeach Oilimpigh Vocative a Oilimpigh a Oilimpeacha Genitive Oilimpigh Oilimpeach Dative Oilimpeach Oilimpigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tOilimpeach na hOilimpigh Genitive an Oilimpigh na nOilimpeach Dative leis an Oilimpeach don Oilimpeach leis na hOilimpigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Oilimpeach	nOilimpeach	hOilimpeach	tOilimpeach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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