eanach

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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)

  1. (geography) marsh, swamp, fen
  2. passage through swamp; narrow path, pass
  3. marsh-hunting, fowling; snaring

Declension

Declension of eanach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative eanach eanaigh
vocative a eanaigh a eanacha
genitive eanaigh eanach
dative eanach eanaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-eanach na heanaigh
genitive an eanaigh na n-eanach
dative leis an eanach
don eanach 		leis na heanaigh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of eanach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eanach n-eanach heanach t-eanach

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

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