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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish elada (“art, science, acquired craft or skill”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ealaín f (genitive singular ealaíne, nominative plural ealaíona)
- art
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| ealaín
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n-ealaín
|
healaín
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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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References
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 23
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47
- ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt (in Irish), Belfast: Brún agus Ó Nualláin , § 2
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “elada, elatha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ealaḋa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 276
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ealaín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN