Scottish Gaelic

Noun

èiginn f ‎(genitive singular èiginne, plural èiginnean)

1. difficulty, hardship, trouble
2. necessity, emergency, pressure, desperation
3. violence, duress

Derived terms

• air èiginn

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “éicen” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.