Eoin
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish Iohain, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, literally “God is gracious”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editEoin m (genitive Eoin)
- (biblical) John (any of several people in the Bible).
- The Gospel of St. John, a book of the New Testament of the Bible.
- Synonym: Soiscéal Eoin
- a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English John, often confused with the unrelated native name, Eoghan
- Synonym: Seán
Derived terms
editMutation
editradical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
---|---|---|---|
Eoin | nEoin | hEoin | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Eoin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Eoin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Eoin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Manx
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish Iohain, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, literally “God is gracious”).
Proper noun
editEoin m
- a male given name, equivalent to English John
Derived terms
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- Irish terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- ga:Biblical characters
- Irish given names
- Irish male given names
- Irish male given names from Latin
- ga:Books of the Bible
- ga:Individuals
- Manx terms inherited from Old Irish
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- Manx lemmas
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