eiteán

See also: eitean

Irish

Etymology

From eite (“wing”) +‎ -án.

Noun

eiteán m (genitive singular eiteáin, nominative plural eiteáin)

1. spindle
2. bobbin, spool
3. coil-former
4. (sports) shuttlecock

Declension

Declension of eiteán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative eiteán eiteáin Vocative a eiteáin a eiteána Genitive eiteáin eiteán Dative eiteán eiteáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-eiteán na heiteáin Genitive an eiteáin na n-eiteán Dative leis an eiteán don eiteán leis na heiteáin

Synonyms

• spóilín m

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eiteán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN