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éigean

éigean

Irish

Noun

éigean m, f (genitive singular éigin)

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

Declension

Alternative declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with 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, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "éigean" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.