eidhneachán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish eidnechán m (“ivy-clad tree”), from eidnech (“ivied, ivy-clad”, adj). By surface analysis, eidheann (“ivy”) +‎ -achán.

Noun

eidhneachán m (genitive singular eidhneacháin)

1. Alternative form of eidhneán (“ivy; ivy branch”)

Declension

Declension of eidhneachán

First declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-eidhneachán Genitive an eidhneacháin Dative leis an eidhneachán don eidhneachán

Mutation

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

References

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