eidheann

From Old Irish eiden(n) m (“ivy”), from Proto-Celtic *edennos. The /vʲ/ in the Aran pronunciation is hard to explain; it may be due to English influence, compare Middle English iven, yven, ivyn (alternative forms of ivi) as well as Manx hibbin.

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɛvʲənˠ/, /ˈɛvʲən̪ˠ/^[1] (as if spelled eibhean(n))
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /eːn̪ˠ/^[2]

eidheann m (genitive singular eidhinn)

1. ivy

• eidhneach
• eidhneachán
• eidhneán

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eidheann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eiden(n)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Old Irish eiden(n) m (“ivy”), from Proto-Celtic *edennos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.ən̪ˠ/

eidheann f (genitive singular eidhne or edhinn)

1. ivy

• eidheann-thalmhainn f (“ground-ivy”)

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “eidheann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eiden(n)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language