éadach

Irish

Alternative forms

eudach (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈeːd̪ˠəx/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːd̪ˠax/, /ˈeːd̪ˠa(h)/

Noun

éadach m (genitive singular éadaigh, nominative plural éadaí)

(countable) cloth
Synonym: anairt
(collective, nautical) sail
(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

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
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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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