eilifint

== Irish == === 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. === Noun === eilifint f or m (genitive singular eilifinte, nominative plural eilifintí) elephant ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== eilifintiúil (“elephantine”, adjective) === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eilifint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “eilifint”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “eilifint”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “eiliofaint”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 402; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “elef(a)int”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language