"èiginn" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

Forms: èiginne [genitive, singular], èiginnean [plural]
Etymology: From Old Irish éicen f (“necessity, compulsion; force; violence; tyranny; difficulty, need, trouble, strait; stress; overpowering exuberance; need, necessitousness”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|éicen||necessity, compulsion; force; violence; tyranny; difficulty, need, trouble, strait; stress; overpowering exuberance; need, necessitousness|g=f}} Old Irish éicen f (“necessity, compulsion; force; violence; tyranny; difficulty, need, trouble, strait; stress; overpowering exuberance; need, necessitousness”) 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)
  1. difficulty, hardship, trouble Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-èiginn-gd-noun-WPWFYjE6
  2. necessity, emergency, pressure, desperation Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-èiginn-gd-noun-4ON3Z5Ot Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 20 57 24
  3. violence, duress Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-èiginn-gd-noun-3iNoNU9L Disambiguation of Emotions: 18 27 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: air èiginn

Inflected forms

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            "Human",
            "All topics",
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        ]
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          "emergency",
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          "pressure",
          "pressure"
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          "desperation",
          "desperation"
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