aiteann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aiten m (furze, gorse),[1] from Proto-Celtic *axtīnos (furze, gorse) (compare Welsh eithin), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱstis (compare Lithuanian akstìs (thorn), Russian ость (ostʹ, awn, bristle)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (sharp).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈætʲən̪ˠ/

Noun

aiteann m (genitive singular aitinn, nominative plural aitinn) or
aiteann f (genitive singular aitinne) (feminine in Connacht and Ulster)

  1. furze, gorse, whin
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 31:
      æcn̥̄ ə fās sə ŋort šə.
      [Tá aiteann ag fás sa ngort seo.]
      Furze is growing in this field.
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 31:
      dā jēŕ n̥ køln̄, tā æcn̥̄ xō ǵēŕ leš.
      [Dá ghéar an cuileann, tá aiteann ag chomh géar leis.]
      However sharp the holly is, furze is just as sharp.

Declension

Declension as masculine
Declension as feminine

Derived terms

  • aiteann francach (tall furze)
  • aiteann gaelach (dwarf whin)
  • aiteann gallda (tall furze)
  • aiteann mín (dwarf whin)
  • aiteann Muire (club moss)
  • aiteannach f (furze, gorse, whins (collective))
  • caislín aitinn (whinchat)
  • scothán aitinn (furze bush)
  • tom aitinn (whin-bush)
  • tor aitinn (whin-bush)

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aiteann n-aiteann haiteann t-aiteann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aittenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*axto-, *axtīno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • aitionn

Etymology

From Old Irish aiten m (furze, gorse), from Proto-Celtic *axtīnos (furze, gorse) (compare Welsh eithin), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱstis (compare Lithuanian akstìs (thorn), Russian ость (ostʹ, awn, bristle)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (sharp).

Noun

aiteann m (genitive singular aitinn, plural aitinn)

  1. juniper

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aiteannn-aiteannh-aiteannt-aiteann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aiteann”, 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), “aittenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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