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eun

eun

Breton

Numeral

eun

(cardinal) one

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish én

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ian/

Noun

eun m ‎(genitive singular eòin, plural eòin)

bird
chicken

Derived terms

Terms derived from eun

amar-eun ‎(“birdbath”)
bìth-eòin ‎(“birdlime”)
bòrd-eun ‎(“bird table”)
cù-eunaich ‎(“a pointer”)
drannd-eun ‎(“hummingbird”)
eunadair ‎(“fowler”)
eunadan ‎(“birdcage”)

eun-an-t-sneachda ‎(“snow bunting”)
eun-bealltainne ‎(“whimbrel”)
eun-creiche ‎(“bird of prey”)
eun-druidh ‎(“augur”)
eun-eòlaiche ‎(“ornithologist”)
eun-eòlas ‎(“ornithology”)

eun-fionn ‎(“hen-harrier”)
eun-grunnachaidh ‎(“wading bird”)
eunlann ‎(“aviary”)
eunsiubhail ‎(“a bird of passage, a straggler”)
fèath nan eun ‎(“dead calm”, noun)
taigh-eun ‎(“birdhouse”)

Mutation

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

Descendants

English: ardian

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
“1 én” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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