éigean
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish éicen (“necessity”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]éigean m or f (genitive singular éigin)
- force, violence
- necessity, compulsion
- Faoi éigean a ghéill sé dóibh.
- He obeyed them only under compulsion.
- strait, difficulty; want, distress
Declension
[edit]Declension of éigean
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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- Alternative declension
Declension of éigean
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
éigean | n-éigean | héigean | t-éigean |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “éicen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éigean”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 283
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 93
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éigean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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