inneach

Irish

Alternative forms

• innioch (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish innech, indech, from Proto-Celtic *ande- (“inside”) + the root of *wegyeti (“to weave”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn̠ʲa(x)/

Noun

inneach m (genitive singular innigh)

1. (textiles) woof, weft
2. (obsolete) inlay (material placed within another material as decoration)

Declension

Declension of inneach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative inneach Vocative a innigh Genitive innigh Dative inneach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-inneach Genitive an innigh Dative leis an inneach don inneach

Derived terms

• dlúth agus inneach (“warp and woof (both literal and figurative), fabric (figurative framework)”)
• inneach do dhá lámh (“one’s handiwork, one’s industry”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “inneaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 399
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “inneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN