eidhneán
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish eidneán, eidnén m (“an ivy-plant”), from eidenn m (“ivy”). By surface analysis, eidheann (“ivy”) + -án.
Noun
[edit]eidhneán m (genitive singular eidhneáin)
Declension
[edit]Declension of eidhneán
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- eidhneán nimhe m (“poison ivy”)
- eidhneán talún m (“ground ivy”)
- eidhneánach (“ivied, ivy-clad”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
eidhneán | n-eidhneán | heidhneán | t-eidhneán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eidhneán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eidneán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eidnén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language