eanach
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish enach, from Old Irish en (“water”) (+ -ach), from Proto-Celtic *ɸenos, from Proto-Indo-European *pen- (“bog, mire”).
Noun[edit]
eanach m (genitive singular eanaigh, nominative plural eanaigh)
- (geography) marsh, swamp, fen
- passage through swamp; narrow path, pass
- marsh-hunting, fowling; snaring
Declension[edit]
Declension of eanach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
- crotach eanaigh (“whimbrel”)
- fiteog eanaigh (“matgrass”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
eanach | n-eanach | heanach | t-eanach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “eanach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “eanach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish nouns suffixed with -ach
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- ga:Geography
- Irish first-declension nouns
- ga:Hunting
- ga:Wetlands