éanadán

Irish

Etymology

From éan (“bird”) +‎ -adán.

Noun

éanadán m (genitive singular éanadáin, nominative plural éanadáin)

  1. birdcage

Declension

Declension of éanadán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative éanadán éanadáin
vocative a éanadáin a éanadána
genitive éanadáin éanadán
dative éanadán éanadáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-éanadán na héanadáin
genitive an éanadáin na n-éanadán
dative leis an éanadán
don éanadán 		leis na héanadáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of éanadán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éanadán n-éanadán héanadán t-éanadán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “éanadán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 393; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “éanadán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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