eidenn

Old Irish

Alternative forms

eden, edenn

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *edennos.

Noun

eidenn m (genitive eidinn)

ivy

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	eidenn	—	—
vocative	eidinn	—	—
accusative	eidenn^N	—	—
genitive	eidinn^L	—	—
dative	eidenn^L	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: eidheann
>? Manx: hibbin
Scottish Gaelic: eidheann

Mutation

Mutation of *eidenn*
radical	lenition	nasalization
eidenn (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	eidenn	n-eidenn

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eiden(n)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language