inneach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • innioch (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish innech, indech,[2] from Proto-Celtic *ande- (inside) + the root of *wegyeti (to weave).

Pronunciation

Noun

inneach m (genitive singular innigh)

  1. (textiles) woof, weft
  2. (obsolete) inlay (material placed within another material as decoration)

Declension

Derived terms

  • dlúth agus inneach (warp and woof (both literal and figurative), fabric (figurative framework))
  • inneach do dhá lámh (one’s handiwork, one’s industry)

Mutation

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

References

  1. inneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “indech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90

Further reading

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