eorna
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eorna
See also: eòrna
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish eórna (compare Scottish Gaelic eòrna, Manx oarn), from *yeworniū, from Proto-Celtic *yewos (compare Breton yell (“spelt”)), from Proto-Indo-European *yéwos (“barley”) (compare Lithuanian javaĩ (“grain”), Persian جو (jaw), Sanskrit यव (yava)).
Pronunciation
Noun
eorna f (genitive singular eorna or eornan)
Declension
- Standard inflection (fourth declension)
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- Alternative inflection (fifth declension)
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Derived terms
- easpa eorna (“petty spurge”)
- eorna bheag (“bere”)
- eorna nua (“the new (season’s) barley; welcome change of food”)
- eorna phéarlach (“pearl barley”)
- gráinne eorna (“barleycorn”)
- sú na heorna, úsc na heorna (“spirits distilled from barley, whiskey”)
- uisce eorna (“barley-water”)
Mutation
| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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| eorna | n-eorna | heorna | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eorna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eórna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eorna”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 288
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “eorna”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “eorna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024