Eabhrach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Ebrach, from Latin hebraicus, from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Aramaic ('ibrāy), from Biblical Hebrew עִבְרִי (ʿiḇrî), from עֵבֶר (ʿēḇer).

Adjective

Eabhrach (genitive singular masculine Eabhraigh, genitive singular feminine Eabhraí, plural Eabhracha, not comparable)

  1. (biblical, linguistic) Hebrew, Hebraic
    Synonyms: (de chuid) na nEabhrach (Biblical), Eabhraise (linguistic)

Declension

Declension of Eabhrach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative Eabhrach Eabhrach Eabhracha
vocative Eabhraigh Eabhracha
genitive Eabhraí Eabhracha Eabhrach
dative Eabhrach Eabhrach;
Eabhraigh (archaic)
Eabhracha
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

Derived terms

Noun

Eabhrach m (genitive singular Eabhraigh, nominative plural Eabhraigh)

  1. (biblical) a Hebrew person

Declension

Declension of Eabhrach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative Eabhrach Eabhraigh
vocative a Eabhraigh a Eabhracha
genitive Eabhraigh Eabhrach
dative Eabhrach Eabhraigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tEabhrach na hEabhraigh
genitive an Eabhraigh na nEabhrach
dative leis an Eabhrach
don Eabhrach
leis na hEabhraigh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Eabhrach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Eabhrach nEabhrach hEabhrach tEabhrach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish Ebrach, from Latin hebraicus, from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Aramaic ('ibrāy), from Biblical Hebrew עִבְרִי (ʿiḇrî), from עֵבֶר (ʿēḇer).

Noun

Eabhrach m (genitive singular Eabhraich, plural Eabhraich)

  1. (biblical) Hebrew (person)

Adjective

Eabhrach

  1. (biblical) Hebrew

See also