éigin
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Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish éicin (“of necessity, surely, of truth, indeed; some, any; some...or other; a certain; an indefinite quantity or number, some, a certain number, about”), in origin a dative form of éicen (see modern éigean).
Determiner
[edit]éigin (postpositive)
- some (a certain, unspecified or unknown)
- ar chuma éigin ― in some way
- duine éigin eile ― somebody else
- rud éigin ― something
- some (approximately)
- céad éigin ― a hundred or so
- fiche éigin punt ― some twenty pounds
Alternative forms
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- (a certain, unspecified or unknown): inteacht
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]éigin m
Noun
[edit]éigin f (genitive singular éigne)
- Alternative form of éigean
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
éigin | n-éigin | héigin | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “éicin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éigin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 283
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éigin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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