eitean in Scottish Gaelic

IPA: /ˈehtʲan/ Forms: eitein [genitive, singular], eiteanan [plural], eitnean [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Middle Irish eitne, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ét(e)no- (“kernel”), see also Old Armenian ունդ (und, “grain, seed”), Ancient Greek ἔτνος (étnos, “soup with beans”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|mga|eitne}} Middle Irish eitne, {{inh|gd|ine-pro||*h₁ét(e)no-|t=kernel}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁ét(e)no- (“kernel”), {{cog|xcl|ունդ|t=grain, seed}} Old Armenian ունդ (und, “grain, seed”), {{cog|grc|ἔτνος|t=soup with beans}} Ancient Greek ἔτνος (étnos, “soup with beans”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|eitein|||||||plural|eiteanan|or|eitnean||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=genpl|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=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} eitean m (genitive singular eitein, plural eiteanan or eitnean), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=eitein|pl=eiteanan|pl2=eitnean}} eitean m (genitive singular eitein, plural eiteanan or eitnean)

Inflected forms

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        "2": "mga",
        "3": "eitne"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish eitne",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*h₁ét(e)no-",
        "t": "kernel"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
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        "t": "grain, seed"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian ունդ (und, “grain, seed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἔτνος",
        "t": "soup with beans"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἔτνος (étnos, “soup with beans”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish eitne, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ét(e)no- (“kernel”), see also Old Armenian ունդ (und, “grain, seed”), Ancient Greek ἔτνος (étnos, “soup with beans”).",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "eiteanan",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitnean",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "eiteanan",
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        "20": "eitnean",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
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        "9": "genitive singular",
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        "head": ""
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      "expansion": "eitean m (genitive singular eitein, plural eiteanan or eitnean)",
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    }
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "english": "nut kernel",
          "text": "eitean cnotha"
        },
        {
          "english": "apple core",
          "text": "eitean ubhail"
        }
      ],
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        "kernel, core"
      ],
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          "kernel"
        ],
        [
          "core",
          "core"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈehtʲan/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eitean"
}

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    {
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        "2": "mga",
        "3": "eitne"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "3": "",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ունդ",
        "t": "grain, seed"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἔτνος",
        "t": "soup with beans"
      },
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    }
  ],
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      "form": "eitein",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "eiteanan",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitnean",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
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      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gen": "eitein",
        "pl": "eiteanan",
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      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "gd",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
        "Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Middle Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "gd-noun 2"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "nut kernel",
          "text": "eitean cnotha"
        },
        {
          "english": "apple core",
          "text": "eitean ubhail"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kernel, core"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kernel",
          "kernel"
        ],
        [
          "core",
          "core"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈehtʲan/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eitean"
}

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"eitean" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

Noun

Inflected forms