"éigean" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈeːɟən̪ˠ/, /ˈeːɟənˠ/
Etymology: From Old Irish éicen (“necessity”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|éicen||necessity}} Old Irish éicen (“necessity”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|éigin||||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=f|g3=|head=}} éigean m or f (genitive singular éigin), {{ga-noun|m|éigin|-|g2=f}} éigean m or f (genitive singular éigin) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-m1-nopl|é|igean|igin}}, {{ga-decl-f2-nopl|é|igean|igne}}, {{ga-mut|msn}} Forms: éigin [genitive, singular], no-plural [table-tags], éigean [indefinite, nominative, singular], a éigin [indefinite, singular, vocative], éigin [genitive, indefinite, singular], éigean [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an t-éigean [definite, nominative, singular], an éigin [definite, genitive, singular], leis an éigean [dative, definite, singular], don éigean [dative, definite, singular], no-plural [table-tags], éigean [indefinite, nominative, singular], a éigean [indefinite, singular, vocative], éigne [genitive, indefinite, singular], éigean [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an éigean [definite, nominative, singular], na héigne [definite, genitive, singular], leis an éigean [dative, definite, singular], don éigean [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], éigean [mutation, mutation-radical], n-éigean [eclipsis, mutation], héigean [mutation, prothesis-h], t-éigean [mutation, prothesis-t]
  1. force, violence Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-éigean-ga-noun-AGcu8rwP
  2. necessity, compulsion Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-éigean-ga-noun-1LNfZvXw
  3. strait, difficulty; want, distress Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-éigean-ga-noun-ArqUCxTS Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 26 24 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ar ais nó ar éigean, ar éigean, banéigean, cíb ar éigean, d'éigean, éigean mná, éignigh, foréigean, gan éigean, in éigean, is éigean, le héigean, ní héigean, tarraingt ar éigean

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "ar ais nó ar éigean"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ar éigean"
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      "word": "banéigean"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cíb ar éigean"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "d'éigean"
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      "word": "éigean mná"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "éignigh"
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      "word": "foréigean"
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      "word": "gan éigean"
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      "word": "in éigean"
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      "word": "is éigean"
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      "word": "le héigean"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ní héigean"
    },
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    }
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      "name": "inh"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish éicen (“necessity”).",
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      "form": "éigin",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "no-plural",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m1-nopl",
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        "vocative"
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    },
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m1-nopl",
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    },
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      "form": "an t-éigean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an éigin",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an éigean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don éigean",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "no-plural",
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      "form": "ga-decl-f2-nopl",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a éigean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "éigne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "éigean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "form": "an éigean",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na héigne",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an éigean",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "don éigean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "source": "mutation",
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    },
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      "form": "éigean",
      "source": "mutation",
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    },
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      "form": "n-éigean",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "mutation"
      ]
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "mutation",
        "prothesis-h"
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    {
      "form": "t-éigean",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "mutation",
        "prothesis-t"
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      ]
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        {
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          "text": "Faoi éigean a ghéill sé dóibh.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "compulsion"
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        "masculine"
      ]
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        "strait, difficulty; want, distress"
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          "distress",
          "distress"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːɟən̪ˠ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːɟənˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "éigean"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ar ais nó ar éigean"
    },
    {
      "word": "ar éigean"
    },
    {
      "word": "banéigean"
    },
    {
      "word": "cíb ar éigean"
    },
    {
      "word": "d'éigean"
    },
    {
      "word": "éigean mná"
    },
    {
      "word": "éignigh"
    },
    {
      "word": "foréigean"
    },
    {
      "word": "gan éigean"
    },
    {
      "word": "in éigean"
    },
    {
      "word": "is éigean"
    },
    {
      "word": "le héigean"
    },
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      "word": "ní héigean"
    },
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      "word": "tarraingt ar éigean"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish éicen (“necessity”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "éigin",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-plural",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-decl-m1-nopl",
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    },
    {
      "form": "éigean",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a éigin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "éigin",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "éigean",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "ga-decl-m1-nopl",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "an t-éigean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an éigin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an éigean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don éigean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-decl-f2-nopl",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "éigean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a éigean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "éigne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "éigean",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na héigne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an éigean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don éigean",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "t-éigean",
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          "text": "Faoi éigean a ghéill sé dóibh.",
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        "feminine",
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    {
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        "strait, difficulty; want, distress"
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          "strait",
          "strait"
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          "difficulty",
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        ],
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          "distress",
          "distress"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːɟən̪ˠ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːɟənˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "éigean"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.