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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish enach, from Old Irish en (“water”) (+ -ach), from Proto-Celtic *ɸenos, from Proto-Indo-European *pen- (“bog, mire”).
Noun
eanach m (genitive singular eanaigh, nominative plural eanaigh)
- (geography) marsh, swamp, fen
- passage through swamp; narrow path, pass
- marsh-hunting, fowling; snaring
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| eanach
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n-eanach
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heanach
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t-eanach
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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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