Éabha
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish Eua, Eba, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Éabha f (genitive Éabha)
Derived terms[edit]
- Síol Éabha (“Eve's descendants, the human race”, literally “the seed of Eve”)
Related terms[edit]
- Ádhamh (“Adam”)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| Éabha | nÉabha | hÉabha | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Éabha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Eba, Eua”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Éabha”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Éabha”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024