éadan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish étan (“brow, forehead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːd̪ˠən̪ˠ/, /ˈeːd̪ˠənˠ/

Noun

éadan m (genitive singular éadain, nominative plural éadain)

1. front
   1. face

      Synonym: aghaidh

   2. forehead
2. flat surface; facet, table (of gem)
3. end (as opposed to side)

Declension

Declension of éadan

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative éadan éadain Vocative a éadain a éadana Genitive éadain éadan Dative éadan éadain

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-éadan na héadain Genitive an éadain na n-éadan Dative leis an éadan don éadan leis na héadain

Derived terms

• as éadan (“one by one; in (rapid) succession, indiscriminately; all together”)
• clár éadain m (“forehead”)
• éadanán m (“headstall”)
• éadanchlár m (“fascia”)
• in éadan (“against, opposed to; engaged in”)
• néaróg éadain f (“facial nerve”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éadan	n-éadan	héadan	t-éadan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éadan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “éadan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 92
• “éadan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024