aiteann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aiten m (“furze, gorse”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *axtīnos (“furze, gorse”) (compare Welsh eithin), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱstis (compare Lithuanian aksti̇̀s (“thorn”), Russian ость (ostʹ, “awn, bristle”)), enlargement of *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈætʲən̪ˠ/

Noun

aiteann m (genitive singular aitinn, nominative plural aitinn) or
aiteann f (genitive singular aitinne) (feminine in Connacht and Ulster)

  1. furze, gorse, whin
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 31:
      tā æcn̥̄ ə fās sə ŋort šə.
      [Tá aiteann ag fás sa ngort seo.]
      Furze is growing in this field.
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 31:
      dā jēŕ n̥ køln̄, tā æcn̥̄ xō ǵēŕ leš.
      [Dá ghéar an cuileann, tá aiteann ag chomh géar leis.]
      However sharp the holly is, furze is just as sharp.

Declension

Declension as masculine
Declension of aiteann (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aiteann aitinn
vocative a aitinn a aiteanna
genitive aitinn aiteann
dative aiteann aitinn
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-aiteann na haitinn
genitive an aitinn na n-aiteann
dative leis an aiteann
don aiteann 		leis na haitinn
Declension as feminine
Declension of aiteann (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aiteann
vocative a aiteann
genitive aitinne
dative aiteann
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an aiteann
genitive na haitinne
dative leis an aiteann
don aiteann

Derived terms

  • aiteann francach (“tall furze”)
  • aiteann gaelach (“dwarf whin”)
  • aiteann gallda (“tall furze”)
  • aiteann mín (“dwarf whin”)
  • aiteann Muire (“club moss”)
  • aiteannach f (“furze, gorse, whins (collective)”)
  • caislín aitinn (“whinchat”)
  • scothán aitinn (“furze bush”)
  • tom aitinn (“whin-bush”)
  • tor aitinn (“whin-bush”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aiteann
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aiteann n-aiteann haiteann t-aiteann

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aittenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*axto-, *axtīno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • aitionn

Etymology

From Old Irish aiten m (“furze, gorse”), from Proto-Celtic *axtīnos (“furze, gorse”) (compare Welsh eithin), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱstis (compare Lithuanian aksti̇̀s (“thorn”), Russian ость (ostʹ, “awn, bristle”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Noun

aiteann m (genitive singular aitinn, plural aitinn)

  1. juniper

Mutation

Mutation of aiteann
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aiteann n-aiteann h-aiteann t-aiteann

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aiteann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aittenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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