"éigin" meaning in Irish

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Determiner

IPA: /ˈeːɟɪnʲ/
Etymology: From Old Irish éicin (“of necessity, surely, of truth, indeed; some, any; some...or other; a certain; an indefinite quantity or number, some, a certain number, about”), in origin a dative form of éicen (see modern éigean). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|éicin||of necessity, surely, of truth, indeed; some, any; some...or other; a certain; an indefinite quantity or number, some, a certain number, about}} Old Irish éicin (“of necessity, surely, of truth, indeed; some, any; some...or other; a certain; an indefinite quantity or number, some, a certain number, about”), {{m|sga|éicen}} éicen, {{m|ga|éigean}} éigean Head templates: {{head|ga|determiner|postpositive|cat2=indefinite determiners}} éigin (postpositive)
  1. some (a certain, unspecified or unknown) Tags: postpositional Synonyms (a certain): inteacht [unknown, unspecified]
    Sense id: en-éigin-ga-det-GszMiKbx Categories (other): Irish determiners, Irish indefinite determiners Disambiguation of Irish determiners: 90 10 Disambiguation of Irish indefinite determiners: 67 33 Disambiguation of 'a certain': 98 2
  2. some (approximately) Tags: postpositional
    Sense id: en-éigin-ga-det-yaFFvFco
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eicínt, éicint, éigint
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈeːɟɪnʲ/
Head templates: {{head|ga|noun form|g=m}} éigin m
  1. genitive singular of éigean Tags: form-of, genitive, masculine, singular Form of: éigean
    Sense id: en-éigin-ga-noun-FPGwbtWw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈeːɟɪnʲ/ Forms: éigne [genitive, singular], éigin [mutation, mutation-radical], n-éigin [eclipsis, mutation], héigin [mutation, prothesis-h], - [mutation, prothesis-t]
Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|éigne||||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} éigin f (genitive singular éigne), {{ga-noun|f|éigne|-}} éigin f (genitive singular éigne) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}}
  1. Alternative form of éigean Tags: alt-of, alternative, feminine Alternative form of: éigean
    Sense id: en-éigin-ga-noun-NIlZTXnb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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