eitleach

Irish

Etymology

From eitil (“fly, flutter”, verb) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

eitleach (genitive singular masculine eitligh, genitive singular feminine eitlí, plural eitleacha)

  1. flying, flighty
  2. fluttering

Declension

Declension of eitleach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative eitleach eitleach eitleacha
vocative eitligh eitleacha
genitive eitlí eitleacha eitleach
dative eitleach eitleach;
eitligh (archaic) 		eitleacha
Comparative níos eitlí
Superlative is eitlí

Mutation

Mutated forms of eitleach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eitleach n-eitleach heitleach not applicable

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

References

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