éan

See also: ean, -ean, Ean, EAN, -eán, and ἐάν

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish én, from Proto-Celtic *ɸetnos.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /iːɑ̯n̪ˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /eːnˠ/, /eːn̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /eːnˠ/, [ɛə̯nˠ]; /eːn̪ˠ/, [ɛə̯n̪ˠ]
Homophone: aon

Noun

éan m (genitive singular éin, nominative plural éin)

bird
Luigh leis an uan, agus éirigh leis an éan.
Lie with the lamb, and rise with the bird.
young (of bird)
(by extension) young (of other animals)

Declension

Declension of éan

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	éan	éin
Vocative	a éin	a éana
Genitive	éin	éan
Dative	éan	éin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-éan	na héin
Genitive	an éin	na n-éan
Dative	leis an éan don éan	leis na héin

Alternative plural: éanacha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

ciseán éan
éan aille
éan beannaithe
éan ceoil
éan circe
éan corr
éan creiche
éan dearg
éan gé
éan gréine
éan gualainne
éan lachan
éan mara
éan róin
éan turcaí
éan uisce géim
éanach
éanadán
éanadóir
éanaire
éanán
éaneolaí
éaneolaíoch
éanlaith
éanlann
éanúil
éinín
fliú na n-éan

Mutation

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

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “éan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 én”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “éan” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “éan” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 16
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 60

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