eun

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton un, from Old Breton un, from Proto-Brythonic *ʉn.

Numeral

eun

1. one

Irish

Noun

eun m (genitive singular éin, nominative plural éin)

1. Obsolete spelling of éan (“bird”)

Mutation

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish én.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ian/

Noun

eun m (genitive singular eòin, plural eòin)

1. bird
2. chicken

Derived terms

• amar-eun (“birdbath”)
• bìth-eòin (“birdlime”)
• bòrd-eun (“bird table”)
• cù-eunaich (“pointer (dog)”)
• drannd-eun (“hummingbird”)
• eun-an-t-sneachda (“snow bunting”)
• eun-bealltainne (“whimbrel”)
• eun-creiche (“bird of prey”)
• eun-druidh (“augur”)
• eun-eòlaiche (“ornithologist”)
• eun-eòlas (“ornithology”)
• eun-fionn (“hen-harrier”)
• eun-grunnachaidh (“wading bird”)
• eunadair (“fowler”)
• eunadan (“birdcage”)
• eunlaith (“birds, fowl (collective)”)
• eunlann (“aviary”)
• eunsiubhail (“a bird of passage, a straggler”)
• fèath nan eun (“dead calm”, noun)
• taigh-eun (“birdhouse”)

 

Descendants

• English: ardian

Mutation

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “eun”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 én”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language