Eilvéiseach

Irish

Etymology

From An Eilvéis (“Switzerland”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Eilvéiseach (genitive singular masculine Eilvéisigh, genitive singular feminine Eilvéisí, plural Eilvéiseacha, not comparable)

  1. Swiss, Helvetian, Helvetic

Declension

Declension of Eilvéiseach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Eilvéiseach Eilvéiseach Eilvéiseacha
vocative Eilvéisigh Eilvéiseacha
genitive Eilvéisí Eilvéiseacha Eilvéiseach
dative Eilvéiseach Eilvéiseach;
Eilvéisigh (archaic) 		Eilvéiseacha
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

Derived terms

  • cáis Eilvéiseach (“Swiss cheese”)
  • franc Eilvéiseach (“Swiss franc”)
  • rollóg Eilvéiseach (“Swiss roll”)
  • scian airm Eilvéiseach (“Swiss army knife”)

Noun

Eilvéiseach m (genitive singular Eilvéisigh, nominative plural Eilvéisigh)

  1. Swiss person

Declension

Declension of Eilvéiseach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Eilvéiseach Eilvéisigh
vocative a Eilvéisigh a Eilvéiseacha
genitive Eilvéisigh Eilvéiseach
dative Eilvéiseach Eilvéisigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tEilvéiseach na hEilvéisigh
genitive an Eilvéisigh na nEilvéiseach
dative leis an Eilvéiseach
don Eilvéiseach 		leis na hEilvéisigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Eilvéiseach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Eilvéiseach nEilvéiseach hEilvéiseach not applicable

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

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