eidheann

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish eiden(n) m (“ivy”), from Proto-Celtic *edennos. The /vʲ/ in the Aran pronunciation is hard to explain; it may be due to English influence, compare Middle English iven, yven, ivyn (alternative forms of ivi) as well as Manx hibbin.

Pronunciation

Noun

eidheann m (genitive singular eidhinn)

  1. ivy

Declension

Declension of eidheann (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative eidheann
vocative a eidhinn
genitive eidhinn
dative eidheann
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an t-eidheann
genitive an eidhinn
dative leis an eidheann
don eidheann

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of eidheann
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eidheann n-eidheann heidheann t-eidheann

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 91
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 194

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish eiden(n) m (“ivy”), from Proto-Celtic *edennos.

Pronunciation

Noun

eidheann f (genitive singular eidhne or edhinn)

  1. ivy

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of eidheann
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eidheann n-eidheann h-eidheann t-eidheann

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “eidheann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eiden(n)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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