éinín

Irish

Etymology

éan +‎ -ín

Noun

éinín m (genitive singular éinín, nominative plural éiníní)

1. diminutive of éan: little bird, birdie

Declension

Declension of éinín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative éinín éiníní vocative a éinín a éiníní genitive éinín éiníní dative éinín éiníní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-éinín na héiníní genitive an éinín na n-éiníní dative leis an éinín don éinín leis na héiníní

Mutation

Mutated forms of éinín

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éinín	n-éinín	héinín	t-éinín

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éinín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 285
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éinín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “éinín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “éinín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025