Hiteach

Irish

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew חִתִּי (ḥittî), from Hittite 𒄩𒋾 (/⁠ḫati⁠/), + -ach.

Adjective

Hiteach (genitive singular masculine Hitigh, genitive singular feminine Hití, plural Hiteacha, not comparable)

1. Hittite

Declension

Declension of Hiteach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	Hiteach	Hiteach	Hiteacha
vocative	Hitigh		Hiteacha
genitive		Hití	Hiteacha	Hiteach
dative	Hiteach	Hiteach; Hitigh (archaic)	Hiteacha
Comparative	níos Hití
Superlative	is Hití

Related terms

• Hitis f (“the Hittite language”)

Noun

Hiteach m (genitive singular Hitigh, nominative plural Hitigh)

1. Hittite

Declension

Declension of Hiteach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative Hiteach Hitigh vocative a Hitigh a Hiteacha genitive Hitigh Hiteach dative Hiteach Hitigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an Hiteach na Hitigh genitive an Hitigh na Hiteach dative leis an Hiteach don Hiteach leis na Hitigh

Derived terms

• Impireacht na Hiteach f (“the Hittite Empire”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Hiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Hiteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025