eilifint
Irish
eilifintí
Alternative forms
- eileafaint, eileafant
- eiliofaint (obs)
Etymology
From Middle Irish elifaint, from Old French olifant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās), from Afroasiatic.
Declension
Declension of eilifint
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- eilifintiúil (“elephantine”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eilifint | n-eilifint | heilifint | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eilifint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “eilifint” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “eilifint” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “eiliofaint”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “elef(a)int”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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