Eoghan
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See also: Eóghan
English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Eoghan
- A male given name from Irish
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish Eógan, from Primitive Irish ᚔᚃᚑᚌᚓᚅᚔ (ivogeni, gen.sg.), from Proto-Celtic *Iwogenos (literally “yew-born”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic Eòghan. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Eoghan m (genitive Eoghain)
- a male given name
Derived terms[edit]
- Eoghanach (“Tyrone”, attributive adjective)
- Eoghanach m (“member of Cineál Eoghain; native of Tyrone”)
- Inis Eoghain f (“Inishowen”)
- Tír Eoghain f (“Tyrone”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
Eoghan | nEoghan | hEoghan | tEoghan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Eoghan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “Eoghan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- “Eoghain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 88
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- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
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