Oilimpeach
Irish
    
    Etymology
    
From Oilimpeas (“Olympus”) + -ach.
Adjective
    
Oilimpeach (genitive singular masculine Oilimpigh, genitive singular feminine Oilimpí, plural Oilimpeacha, not comparable)
Declension
    
Declension of Oilimpeach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) | 
| Nominative | Oilimpeach | Oilimpeach | Oilimpeacha | |
| Vocative | Oilimpigh | Oilimpeacha | ||
| Genitive | Oilimpí | Oilimpeacha | Oilimpeach | |
| Dative | Oilimpeach | Oilimpeach; Oilimpigh (archaic) | Oilimpeacha | |
| Comparative | níos Oilimpí | |||
| Superlative | is Oilimpí | |||
Derived terms
    
- Cluichí Oilimpeacha m pl (“Olympic Games”)
Related terms
    
- Oilimpiad m (“Olympiad”)
Declension
    
Declension of Oilimpeach
First declension
| Bare forms: 
 | Forms with the definite article: 
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Mutation
    
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis | 
| Oilimpeach | nOilimpeach | hOilimpeach | tOilimpeach | 
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
    
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Oilimpeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “Oilimpeach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Oilimpeach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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