ealaín

Irish

Alternative forms

  • ealadha (archaic nominative/accusative)
  • ealadhain (superseded, formerly dative only)
  • ealaí (modern spelling of archaic nominative/accusative)

Etymology

From Old Irish elada (art, science, acquired craft or skill).

Pronunciation

Noun

ealaín f (genitive singular ealaíne, nominative plural ealaíona)

  1. art

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ealaín n-ealaín healaín not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 23
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47
  3. Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt (in Irish), Belfast: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], § 2

Further reading

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