étan

See also: etan, etán, and Etan

Old Irish

Noun

étan m

1. brow
2. forehead

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	étan	étanL	étainL
Vocative	étain	étanL	étanuH
Accusative	étanN	étanL	étanuH
Genitive	étainL	étan	étanN
Dative	étanL	étanaib	étanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: éadan
• Manx: eddin
• Scottish Gaelic: aodann

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
étan (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-étan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.