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  • ealadhain (superseded; formerly dative only)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
Declension of ealaín

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ealaín ealaíona
Vocative a ealaín a ealaíona
Genitive ealaíne ealaíon
Dative ealaín ealaíona

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ealaín na healaíona
Genitive na healaíne na n-ealaíon
Dative leis an ealaín

don ealaín

 leis na healaíona

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, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 23.
  2. Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925), Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt, Belfast: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], § 2.

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