eidheann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish eiden(n) m (“ivy”), from Proto-Celtic *edennos. The /vʲ/ in the Aran pronunciation is hard to explain; it may be due to English influence, compare Middle English iven, yven, ivyn (alternative forms of ivi) as well as Manx hibbin.

Pronunciation
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɛvʲənˠ/, /ˈɛvʲən̪ˠ/[1] (as if spelled eibhean(n))
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /eːn̪ˠ/[2]

Noun

eidheann m (genitive singular eidhinn)

  1. ivy

Declension
Declension of eidheann

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative eidheann
Vocative a eidhinn
Genitive eidhinn
Dative eidheann

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-eidheann
Genitive an eidhinn
Dative leis an eidheann

don eidheann

Derived terms

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

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 91
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 194

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish eiden(n) m (“ivy”), from Proto-Celtic *edennos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈe.ən̪ˠ/

Noun

eidheann f (genitive singular eidhne or edhinn)

  1. ivy

Derived terms
  • eidheann-thalmhainn f (“ground-ivy”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
eidheannn-eidheannh-eidheannt-eidheann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “eidheann”, 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), “eiden(n)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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