éirimeach

Irish

Etymology

From éirim (“riding, driving; course, gallop; movement, journey; range, scope; tenor, drift; inclination, tendency; aptitude, talent; intelligence”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

éirimeach (genitive singular masculine éirimigh, genitive singular feminine éirimí, plural éirimeacha, comparative éirimí)

Alternative form of éirimiúil (“lively, spirited; sprightly; talented, gifted; intelligent”)

Declension

Declension of éirimeach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	éirimeach	éirimeach	éirimeacha
Vocative	éirimigh	éirimeach	éirimeacha
Genitive	éirimigh	éirimí	éirimeacha	éirimeach
Dative	éirimeach	éirimeach; éirimigh (archaic)	éirimeacha
Comparative	níos éirimí
Superlative	is éirimí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éirimeach	n-éirimeach	héirimeach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éirimiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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