Eithne

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Eithne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛnʲə/, /ˈɛhnʲə/

Proper noun

Eithne f (genitive Eithne)

  1. a female given name from Old Irish
  2. (Irish mythology) The daughter of the Fomorian king Balor, wife of Cian and the mother of Lugh and Dealbhaeth, and the grandmother of Cú Chulainn and Fionn mac Cumhaill.

Declension

Indeclinable.

Descendants

  • → English: Ena, Enya, Etna, Ethna
  • → Scots: Edna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Eithne nEithne hEithne not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

The name is from eithne (“grain, kernel”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (earlier) /ˈeθʲnʲə/, (later) /ˈehnʲə/

Proper noun

Eithne f

  1. a female given name

Descendants

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
Eithne unchanged nEithne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Hogan, J., Hogan,, E (1900) Irish and Scottish Gaelic Names of Herbs, Plants, Trees, Etc., Dublin: M. H. Gille and Son, page vi

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish Eithne. Cognate with Old Norse Eðna.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Eithne

  1. a female given name from Middle Irish
  2. (Irish mythology) The daughter of the Fomorian king Balor, wife of Cian and the mother of Lugh and Dealbhaeth, and the grandmother of Cú Chulainn and Fionn mac Cumhaill.

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Eithne n-Eithne h-Eithne t-Eithne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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