eithin

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *axtīnā (compare Breton bezhin, Cornish eythin, Irish aiteann), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱstis (compare Lithuanian akstìs (“thorn”), Russian ость (ostʹ, “awn, bristle”)), enlargement of *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).^[1]

Noun

eithin f (collective, singulative eithinen)

gorse, furze, whin (Ulex spp.)^[1]^[2]

Derived hyponyms

coreithin, eithin mân, eithin bychan, eithin goraidd, eithin marwlas (“dwarf gorse”)
eithin Ffrengig (“common gorse”)
eithin mân, eithin y mynydd, eithin Ffrengig (“western gorse, mountain furze”)
eithin Sbaen (“Spanish gorse”)

Other hyponyms

aith (“dwarf gorse”)
dwarfor (“western gorse, mountain furze”)

Other derived terms

eithin y cwrw, eithin pêr (“juniper”)
eithin y gath (“needle-furze”)
eithin yr ieir (“rest-harrow”)
eithindir (“land full of course”)
eithinog (“full of gorse”)
tân eithin (“a flash in the pan”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
eithin	unchanged	unchanged	heithin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “eithin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003) Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)‎ (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, pages 40-41‎

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