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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish Eua, Eba, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Éabha f (genitive Éabha)
- (biblical) Eve
Derived terms
- Síol Éabha (“Eve's descendants, the human race”, literally “the seed of Eve”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| Éabha
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nÉabha
|
hÉabha
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Éabha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Eba, Eua”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Éabha”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Éabha”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024