aiteann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aiten m (“furze, gorse”), from Proto-Celtic *axtīnos (“furze, gorse”) (compare Welsh eithin), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱstis (compare Lithuanian akstìs (“thorn”), Russian ость (ostʹ, “awn, bristle”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

(Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈætʲən̪ˠ/

Noun

aiteann m (genitive singular aitinn, nominative plural aitinn) or
aiteann f (genitive singular aitinne) (feminine in Connacht and Ulster)

furze, gorse, whin
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 31:
  tā æcn̥̄ ə fās sə ŋort šə.
  conventional orthography: Tá aiteann ag fás sa ngort seo.
  Furze is growing in this field.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 31:
  dā jēŕ n̥ køln̄, tā æcn̥̄ xō ǵēŕ leš.
  conventional orthography: Dá ghéar an cuileann, tá aiteann ag chomh géar leis.
  However sharp the holly is, furze is just as sharp.

Declension

Declension as masculine

Declension of aiteann

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aiteann	aitinn
Vocative	a aitinn	a aiteanna
Genitive	aitinn	aiteann
Dative	aiteann	aitinn

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-aiteann	na haitinn
Genitive	an aitinn	na n-aiteann
Dative	leis an aiteann don aiteann	leis na haitinn

Declension as feminine

Declension of aiteann

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	aiteann
Vocative	a aiteann
Genitive	aitinne
Dative	aiteann

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an aiteann
Genitive	na haitinne
Dative	leis an aiteann don aiteann

Derived terms

aiteann gaelach, aiteann mín (“dwarf whin”)
aiteann gallda, aiteann francach (“tall furze”)
aiteann Muire (“club moss”)
aiteannach f (“furze, gorse, whins”) (collective)
caislín aitinn (“whinchat”)
scothán aitinn (“furze bush”)
tom aitinn, tor aitinn (“whin-bush”)

Mutation

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

References

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aittenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*axto-, *axtīno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aiteann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

aitionn

Etymology

From Old Irish aiten m (“furze, gorse”), from Proto-Celtic *axtīnos (“furze, gorse”) (compare Welsh eithin), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱstis (compare Lithuanian akstìs (“thorn”), Russian ость (ostʹ, “awn, bristle”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Noun

aiteann m (genitive singular aitinn, plural aitinn)

juniper

Mutation

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

References

Edward Dwelly (1911), “aiteann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aittenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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