-eán

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ean"

Irish

Alternative forms

  • -án (broad variant)

Etymology

From Old Irish -én, which has merged with -án in cases where the stem ends in a slender consonant.

Suffix

-eán m

  1. alternative spelling of -án (used after slender consonants)

Usage notes

This affix is productive in Modern Irish. It forms masculine nouns of the first declension.

Declension

Declension of -eán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative -eán -eáin
vocative a -eáin a -eána
genitive -eáin -eán
dative -eán -eáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an -eán na -eáin
genitive an -eáin na -eán
dative leis an -eán
don -eán 		leis na -eáin
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