éillín

Irish

Etymology

From iall (“flock”) +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

Noun

éillín m (genitive singular éillín, nominative plural éillíní)

  1. brood (young of certain animals, especially birds)
    Synonym: ál
  2. clutch (brood of chickens or sitting of eggs)

Declension

Declension of éillín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative éillín éillíní
vocative a éillín a éillíní
genitive éillín éillíní
dative éillín éillíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-éillín na héillíní
genitive an éillín na n-éillíní
dative leis an éillín
don éillín 		leis na héillíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of éillín
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éillín n-éillín héillín t-éillín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 160, page 61

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “éillín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 402; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éillín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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