ealaíonta

Irish

Alternative forms

• ealaíonach
• ealadhanta (obsolete)

Etymology

From ealaín (“art”) +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈalˠin̪ˠt̪ˠə/, /ˈal̪ˠin̪ˠt̪ˠə/

Adjective

ealaíonta

1. artistic, skilful
2. graceful
3. tricky

Derived terms

• ealaíontóir m (“artist”)
• ealaíontacht f (“artistry, skilfulness; artfulness, trickery”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ealaíonta	n-ealaíonta	healaíonta	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) “ealaíonta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eladanta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 87