eirin

See also: Eirin

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *agrinyā, plural of *agrinyom (compare Cornish yryn, Breton irin, Irish airne (“sloe”)), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (“berry”) (compare Tocharian B oko (“fruit”), Old Church Slavonic агода (agoda, “berry”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈei̯rɪn/

Noun

1. plums, damsons; sloes, bullace; berries
2. stones, glands (of the scrotum), testicles

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
eirin	unchanged	unchanged	heirin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.