eilifint
feminine
The Irish word for elephant is eilifint.
eilifint is a noun used to refer to the large mammal.
Meaning: mammal (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
eilifint is a feminine noun.
Did you know?
- The term 'olifant' in its Old French form, which is the ancestor of eilifint, was also used to describe a type of horn used in medieval stories.
- In some older Irish literature, the concept of an elephant was often associated with exotic or mythical descriptions because the animal was not native to Ireland.
- The word eilifint shares a distant root with the English word 'elephant', but they travelled through different linguistic paths to reach their modern forms.
Examples in context
- Tá an eilifint mór.The elephant is big.
- Níl an eilifint anseo.The elephant is not here.
Example conversation
Cathal and Siobhán are looking at pictures in a book.
- CathalFéach ar an eilifint seo, a Siobhán!Look at this elephant, Siobhán!
- SiobhánTá sí an-mhór!It is very big!
- CathalIs í an eilifint an animal is mó.The elephant is the biggest animal.
- SiobhánTá mé sároil go bhfuil sí ansin.I am glad it is there.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “elephant” translations and entries eilifint, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries eilifint, CC BY-SA 4.0.
