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Definition 2024
eachrannach
eachrannach
Irish
Adjective
eachrannach (genitive singular masculine eachrannaigh, genitive singular feminine eachrannaí, plural eachrannacha, comparative eachrannaí)
- Alternative form of achrannach (“entangled, intricate; quarrelsome; rocky, difficult”)
Declension
Declension of eachrannach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | eachrannach | eachrannach¹ | eachrannacha³ | |
| Vocative | eachrannaigh¹ | eachrannach¹ | eachrannacha | |
| Genitive | eachrannaigh¹ | eachrannaí (obsolete) eachrannaighe |
eachrannacha | eachrannach |
| Dative | eachrannach² | eachrannach¹ (archaic) eachrannaigh¹ |
eachrannacha³ | |
| Comparative | eachrannaí (obsolete) eachrannaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eachrannach | n-eachrannach | heachrannach | t-eachrannach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "eachrann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.