eagna

Irish

Alternative forms

• eccna, egna (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish ecnae.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞ɡnˠə/

Noun

eagna f (genitive singular eagna)

1. wisdom, intelligence

Declension

Declension of eagna

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative eagna Vocative a eagna Genitive eagna Dative eagna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an eagna Genitive na heagna Dative leis an eagna don eagna

Derived terms

• aineagna
• Eagna
• eagnaí
• eagnaigh
• Leabhar na hEagna

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “eagna”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ecna(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eagna”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 276
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eagna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42