éadach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish étach (“a covering, raiment, clothing, a garment”).

Pronunciation

Noun

éadach m (genitive singular éadaigh, nominative plural éadaí)

  1. (countable) cloth
    Synonym: anairt
  2. (collective, nautical) sail
  3. (uncountable) clothes, clothing
    Proverb:
    Den duine an t-éadach. ― Clothes make the man.

Declension
Declension of éadach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative éadach éadaí
Vocative a éadaigh a éadaí
Genitive éadaigh éadaí
Dative éadach éadaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-éadach na héadaí
Genitive an éadaigh na n-éadaí
Dative leis an éadach

don éadach

 leis na héadaí

Derived terms
  • baiséadach (“baize”)
  • ball éadaigh (“article of clothing”)
  • ciseán éadaigh (“clothes-basket”)
  • éadach a dhéanamh (“make sail”, verb)
  • éadach a iompar (“carry sail”, verb)
  • éadach altóra (“altar-cloth”)
  • éadach baile (“homespun”)
  • éadach ban (“ladies' wear”)
  • éadach boird, éadach cláir, éadach tábla (“table-cloth”)
  • éadach cinn (“jib, head-cloth”)
  • éadach cnis (“underwear”)
  • éadach cultacha (“suiting”)
  • éadach fear (“men's wear”)
  • éadach leapa (“bedclothes”)
  • éadach lín, éadach saic (“sackcloth”)
  • éadach na soithí (“tea towel”)
  • éadach ola (“oil-cloth”)
  • éadach páistí (“children's wear”)
  • éadach róin (“haircloth”)
  • éadach síoda (“silk cloth, silk fabric”)
  • éadach soitheach (“dish-cloth”)
  • éadach tochta (“ticking”)
  • éadach tráidire (“tray-cloth”)
  • éadach tuáillí, tuáilléadach (“terry cloth”)
  • faoi iomlán éadaigh (“under full sail”)
  • fo-éadach (“underclothing”)
  • líne éadaigh (“clothes-line”)
  • mionéadach (“haberdashery”)
  • seoléadach (“sailcloth”)
  • siopa éadaigh (“draper's shop”)
  • taiséadach (“shroud, winding sheet”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
éadach n-éadach héadach t-éadach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "éadach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 étach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “éadach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “éadach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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