éigin

See also: eigin and -eigin

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish éicin (“of necessity, surely, of truth, indeed; some, any; some...or other; a certain; an indefinite quantity or number, some, a certain number, about”), in origin a dative form of éicen (see modern éigean).

Determiner

éigin (postpositive)

1. some (a certain, unspecified or unknown)

   ar chuma éigin ― in some way

   duine éigin eile ― somebody else

   rud éigin ― something

2. some (approximately)

   ceád éigin ― a hundred or so

   fiche éigin punt ― some twenty pounds

Alternative forms

• eicínt, éicint, éigint

Synonyms

• (a certain, unspecified or unknown): inteacht

Etymology 2

Noun

éigin m

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of éigean

Noun

éigin f (genitive singular éigne)

1. Alternative form of éigean

Mutation

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “éicin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Template:R:ga:Dinneen
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éigin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN