eithin

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *axtīnā (compare Breton bezhin, Cornish eythin, Irish aiteann), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱstis (compare Lithuanian akstìs (“thorn”), Russian ость (ostʹ, “awn, bristle”)), enlargement of *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Noun

eithin f (collective, singulative eithinen)

1. gorse, furze, whin (Ulex spp.)

Derived hyponyms

• coreithin, eithin mân, eithin bychan, eithin goraidd, eithin marwlas (“dwarf gorse”)
• eithin Ffrengig (“common gorse”)
• eithin mân, eithin y mynydd, eithin Ffrengig (“western gorse, mountain furze”)
• eithin Sbaen (“Spanish gorse”)

 

Other hyponyms

• aith (“dwarf gorse”)
• dwarfor (“western gorse, mountain furze”)

Other derived terms

• eithin y cwrw, eithin pêr (“juniper”)
• eithin y gath (“needle-furze”)
• eithin yr ieir (“rest-harrow”)
• eithindir (“land full of course”)
• eithinog (“full of gorse”)
• tân eithin (“a flash in the pan”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
eithin	unchanged	unchanged	heithin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.