eiteán

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Irish

Etymology

From eite (“wing”) +‎ -án.

Noun

eiteán m (genitive singular eiteáin, nominative plural eiteáin)

  1. spindle
  2. bobbin, spool
  3. coil-former
  4. (sports) shuttlecock

Declension

Declension of eiteán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative eiteán eiteáin
vocative a eiteáin a eiteána
genitive eiteáin eiteán
dative eiteán eiteáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-eiteán na heiteáin
genitive an eiteáin na n-eiteán
dative leis an eiteán
don eiteán 		leis na heiteáin

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of eiteán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eiteán n-eiteán heiteán t-eiteán

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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