eidhneán

Irish

Alternative forms

• eidhneachán m

Etymology

From Old Irish eidneán, eidnén m (“an ivy-plant”), from eidenn m (“ivy”). By surface analysis, eidheann (“ivy”) +‎ -án.

Noun

eidhneán m (genitive singular eidhneáin)

1. ivy
2. ivy branch

Declension

Declension of eidhneán (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative eidhneán vocative a eidhneáin genitive eidhneáin dative eidhneán forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-eidhneán genitive an eidhneáin dative leis an eidhneán don eidhneán

Derived terms

• eidhneán nimhe m (“poison ivy”)
• eidhneán talún m (“ground ivy”)
• eidhneánach (“ivied, ivy-clad”, adjective)

 

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

• 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