"éicen" meaning in Old Irish

See éicen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈeːɡʲen]
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *ankenā (“force, necessity”), whence also Welsh angen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach, attain”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀνάγκη (anánkē, “force, necessity”), Old Armenian անքատ (ankʻat, “necessitous”), Tocharian B eṅk- (“take control of”). Etymology templates: {{root|sga|ine-pro|*h₂neḱ-}}, {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*ankenā|t=force, necessity}} Proto-Celtic *ankenā (“force, necessity”), {{cog|cy|angen}} Welsh angen, {{der|sga|ine-pro|*h₂neḱ-|t=to reach, attain}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach, attain”), {{cog|grc|ἀνάγκη|t=force, necessity}} Ancient Greek ἀνάγκη (anánkē, “force, necessity”), {{cog|xcl|անքատ|t=necessitous}} Old Armenian անքատ (ankʻat, “necessitous”), {{cog|txb|eṅk-|t=take control of}} Tocharian B eṅk- (“take control of”) Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|éicne||||||||{{{3}}}||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} éicen f (genitive éicne), {{sga-noun|f|éicne}} éicen f (genitive éicne) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-a-fem|éicin|dat_pl=éicnib|gen_sg=éicne|nom_pl=éicnea}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=éicin+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=éicnea+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=éicin+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=ā-f|dat_du=éicnib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=éicnib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=éicin+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=éicen+L|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=éicen+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=éicne+H|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=|nom_du=éicin+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=éicnea+H|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=éicen+L|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=éicin+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=éicnea+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=éicen+L|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation|é|icen}} Forms: éicne [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], éicen [nominative, singular], éicin [dual, nominative], éicnea [nominative, plural], éicen [singular, vocative], éicin [dual, vocative], éicnea [plural, vocative], éicin [accusative, singular], éicin [accusative, dual], éicnea [accusative, plural], éicne [genitive, singular], éicen [dual, genitive], éicen [genitive, plural], éicin [dative, singular], éicnib [dative, dual], éicnib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], éicen [mutation, mutation-radical], n-éicen [mutation]
  1. force, necessity Tags: feminine Synonyms: écen
    Sense id: en-éicen-sga-noun-zhHInzwk Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header

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      "text": "Irish: éigean, éigin"
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          "english": "though it is necessary (lit. “though it is a necessity”) to explain carefully anything that is difficult, however brevity will not be passed by",
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈeːɡʲen]"
    }
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        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "éicne+H",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "éicin+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "éicnea+H",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "éicen+L",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "éicin+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "éicnea+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "éicen+L",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "é",
        "2": "icen"
      },
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish feminine nouns",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish nouns",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂neḱ-",
        "Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old Irish terms with quotations",
        "Old Irish ā-stem nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "though it is necessary (lit. “though it is a necessity”) to explain carefully anything that is difficult, however brevity will not be passed by",
          "text": "cid écen aisndís do neuch as doruid co léir, ní sechmalfaider cuimre and dano",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Although they are compounds in Greek (lit. “with the Greeks”), it is not necessary (lit. “it is not a necessity”) for us that they be compounds in our language (lit. “with us”).",
          "text": "Cit comṡuidigthi la Grécu ní écen dúnni beta comṡuidigthi linn.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "force, necessity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "necessity",
          "necessity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈeːɡʲen]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "écen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "éicen"
}
{
  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Old Irish]; cleaned text: Initial mutations of a following adjective: *ᴴ = triggers aspiration *ᴸ = triggers lenition *ᴺ = triggers nasalization",
  "path": [
    "éicen"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "éicen",
  "trace": ""
}

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