eanach

Irish

Alternative forms

• anach

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

• crotach eanaigh (“whimbrel”)
• fiteog eanaigh (“matgrass”)

 

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “eanach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “eanach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024