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

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eanach n-eanach heanach t-eanach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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