éigean

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish éicen (“necessity, compulsion; force; violence; tyranny; difficulty, need, trouble, strait; necessitousness”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeːɟənˠ/

Noun

éigean m or f (genitive singular éigin)

  1. force, violence
  2. necessity, compulsion
    Faoi éigean a ghéill sé dóibh.
    He obeyed them only under compulsion.
  3. strait, difficulty; want, distress

Declension
Declension of éigean

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative éigean
Vocative a éigin
Genitive éigin
Dative éigean

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-éigean
Genitive an éigin
Dative leis an éigean

don éigean

Alternative declension
Declension of éigean

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative éigean
Vocative a éigean
Genitive éigne
Dative éigean

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an éigean
Genitive na héigne
Dative leis an éigean

don éigean

Derived terms
  • ar ais nó ar éigean
  • ar éigean
  • banéigean
  • cíb ar éigean
  • d'éigean
  • éigean mná
  • éignigh
  • gan éigean
  • in éigean
  • is éigean
  • le héigean
  • ní héigean
  • tarraingt ar éigean

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
éigean n-éigean héigean t-éigean
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “éicen” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “éigean” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "éigean" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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