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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish éicen (“necessity”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeːɟən̪ˠ/, /ˈeːɟənˠ/
Noun
éigean m or f (genitive singular éigin)
- force, violence
- necessity, compulsion
Faoi éigean a ghéill sé dóibh.- He obeyed them only under compulsion.
- strait, difficulty; want, distress
Declension
- Alternative declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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éigean
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n-éigean
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héigean
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t-éigean
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “éicen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éigean”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 283
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 93
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éigean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN