eidhneachán

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish eidnechán m (“ivy-clad tree”), from eidnech (“ivied, ivy-clad”, adj). By surface analysis, eidheann (“ivy”) +‎ -achán.

Noun

eidhneachán m (genitive singular eidhneacháin)

  1. Alternative form of eidhneán (“ivy; ivy branch”)

Declension

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of eidhneachán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eidhneachán n-eidhneachán heidhneachán t-eidhneachán

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

References

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