eidhneán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish eidnén (“ivy plant”),[3] from eidenn m (“ivy”). By surface analysis, eidheann (“ivy”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

eidhneán m (genitive singular eidhneáin) (Munster)

  1. ivy
  2. ivy branch

Declension

Declension of eidhneán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative eidhneán
vocative a eidhneáin
genitive eidhneáin
dative eidhneán
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-eidhneán
genitive an eidhneáin
dative leis an eidhneán
don eidhneán

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of eidhneán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eidhneán n-eidhneán heidhneán t-eidhneán

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

References

  1. ^ “eidhneán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ “feidhneán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eidnén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 558, note 6, page 146
  5. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 94, page 27; reprinted 1988
  6. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 48, page 48

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