eidhneach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish eidnech (“ivied, ivy-clad”, adjective), from eiden(n) m (“ivy”). By surface analysis, eidheann (“ivy”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

eidhneach (genitive singular masculine eidhnigh, genitive singular feminine eidhní, plural eidhneánacha, comparative eidhní)

ivied, ivy-clad

Declension

Declension of eidhneach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	eidhneach	eidhneach	eidhneacha
Vocative	eidhnigh	eidhneach	eidhneacha
Genitive	eidhnigh	eidhní	eidhneacha	eidhneach
Dative	eidhneach	eidhneach; eidhnigh (archaic)	eidhneacha
Comparative	níos eidhní
Superlative	is eidhní

Synonyms

eidhneánach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eidhneach	n-eidhneach	heidhneach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eidhneánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eidnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language