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eorna

eorna

See also: eòrna

Irish

eorna

Noun

eorna f ‎(genitive singular eorna or eornan)

barley (Hordeum vulgare)

Declension

Declension of eorna

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	eorna
Vocative	a eorna
Genitive	eorna
Dative	eorna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an eorna
Genitive	na heorna
Dative	leis an eorna don eorna

Alternative genitive singular: eornan
Alternative dative singular: eornain

Derived terms

Terms derived from eorna

an eorna nua ‎(“the new (season’s) barley; welcome change of food”)
easpa eorna ‎(“petty spurge”)

eorna bheag ‎(“bere”)
gráinne eorna ‎(“barleycorn”)

sú na heorna, úsc na heorna ‎(“spirits distilled from barley, whiskey”)
uisce eorna ‎(“barley-water”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eorna	n-eorna	heorna	t-eorna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"eorna" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“eórna” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.