Eoghan
See also: Eóghan
English edit
Proper noun edit
Eoghan
- A male given name from Irish
Related terms edit
See also edit
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish Eógan, from Primitive Irish ᚔᚃᚑᚌᚓᚅᚔ (ivogeni, gen.sg.), from Proto-Celtic *Iwogenos (literally “yew-born”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic Eòghan. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Eoghan m (genitive Eoghain)
- a male given name
Derived terms edit
- Eoghanach (“Tyrone”, attributive adjective)
- Eoghanach m (“member of Cineál Eoghain; native of Tyrone”)
- Inis Eoghain f (“Inishowen”)
- Tír Eoghain f (“Tyrone”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
Eoghan | nEoghan | hEoghan | tEoghan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Eoghan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “Eoghan” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Entries containing “Eoghain” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 88