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eidheann
eidheann
Irish
Noun
eidheann m (genitive singular eidhinn)
Declension
Declension of eidheann
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- eidhneach (“ivied, ivy-clad”, adj)
- eidhneán m, eidhneachán m (“ivy; ivy branch”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eidheann | n-eidheann | heidheann | t-eidheann |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "eidheann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “eiden(n)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish eiden(n) m (“ivy”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸedennos.
Noun
eidheann f (genitive singular eidhne or edhinn)
Derived terms
- eidheann-thalmhainn f (“ground-ivy”)
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
- “eiden(n)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.