Hiteach

Irish

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew חִתִּי (ḥittî), from Hittite 𒄩𒋾 (/⁠ḫati⁠/), + -ach.

Adjective

Hiteach (genitive singular masculine Hitigh, genitive singular feminine Hití, plural Hiteacha, not comparable)

  1. Hittite

Declension

Declension of Hiteach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Hiteach Hiteach Hiteacha
vocative Hitigh Hiteacha
genitive Hití Hiteacha Hiteach
dative Hiteach Hiteach;
Hitigh (archaic) 		Hiteacha
Comparative níos Hití
Superlative is Hití
  • Hitis f (“the Hittite language”)

Noun

Hiteach m (genitive singular Hitigh, nominative plural Hitigh)

  1. Hittite

Declension

Declension of Hiteach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Hiteach Hitigh
vocative a Hitigh a Hiteacha
genitive Hitigh Hiteach
dative Hiteach Hitigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Hiteach na Hitigh
genitive an Hitigh na Hiteach
dative leis an Hiteach
don Hiteach 		leis na Hitigh

Derived terms

  • Impireacht na Hiteach f (“the Hittite Empire”)

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Hiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “Hiteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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