éan

See also: ean, -ean, Ean, EAN, -eán, and ἐάν

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish én, from Proto-Celtic *ɸetnos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːnˠ/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: aon

Noun

éan m (genitive singular éin, nominative plural éin)

1. bird

   Luigh leis an uan, agus éirigh leis an éan.

   Lie with the lamb, and rise with the bird.

2. young (of bird)
3. (by extension) young (of other animals)

Declension

Declension of éan

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative éan éin Vocative a éin a éana Genitive éin éan Dative éan éin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-éan na héin Genitive an éin na n-éan Dative leis an éan don éan leis na héin

• Alternative plural: éanacha (Cois Fharraige, Iorras (Co. Mayo))

Derived terms

• ciseán éan
• éan aille
• éan beannaithe
• éan ceoil
• éan circe
• éan corr
• éan creiche
• éan dearg
• éan dubh
• éan gé
• éan gréine
• éan gualainne
• éan lachan
• éan mara
• éan róin
• éan turcaí
• éan uisce géim
• éanach
• éanadán
• éanadóir
• éanaire
• éanán
• éaneolaí
• éaneolaíoch
• éanlaith
• éanlann
• éanúil
• éinín
• fliú na n-éan

 

Related terms

• eiteog
• sciathán

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 én”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “éan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “éan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024