èiginn in Scottish Gaelic

Forms: èiginne [genitive, singular], èiginnean [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Irish éicen f (“necessity”). Etymology templates: {{root|gd|ine-pro|*h₂neḱ-}}, {{inh|gd|sga|éicen||necessity|g=f}} Old Irish éicen f (“necessity”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|èiginne|||||||plural|èiginnean||||||{{{pl4}}}|cat2=|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} èiginn f (genitive singular èiginne, plural èiginnean), {{gd-noun|g=f|gen=èiginne|pl=èiginnean}} èiginn f (genitive singular èiginne, plural èiginnean)

Inflected forms

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    "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂neḱ-",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
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"èiginn" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

Noun

Inflected forms