eagna

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ecnae.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɨ̞ɡnˠə/, /ˈɨ̞ɡn̪ˠə/[3]

Noun

eagna f (genitive singular eagna)

  1. wisdom, intelligence

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
eagna n-eagna heagna not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. eagna”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ecna(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 106, page 42

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