# aiteann
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish aiten m (“furze, gorse”), from Proto-Celtic *axtīnos (“furze, gorse”) (compare Welsh eithin), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱstis (compare Lithuanian akstìs (“thorn”), Russian ость (ostʹ, “awn, bristle”)), enlargement of *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

### Pronunciation

* (Aran) IPA: /ˈætʲən̪ˠ/

### Noun

aiteann m (genitive singular aitinn, nominative plural aitinn) or aiteann f (genitive singular aitinne) (feminine in Connacht and Ulster)
* furze, gorse, whin
** 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 31:tā æcn̥̄ ə fās sə ŋort šə.[Tá aiteann ag fás sa ngort seo.]Furze is growing in this field.
** 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 31:dā jēŕ n̥ køln̄, tā æcn̥̄ xō ǵēŕ leš.[Dá ghéar an cuileann, tá aiteann ag chomh géar leis.]However sharp the holly is, furze is just as sharp.

#### Declension
##### Declension as masculine

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
aiteann
aitinn
vocative
a aitinn
a aiteanna
genitive
aitinn
aiteann
dative
aiteann
aitinn
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an t-aiteann
na haitinn
genitive
an aitinn
na n-aiteann
dative
leis an aiteann don aiteann
leis na haitinn :

##### Declension as feminine

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
aiteann
vocative
a aiteann
genitive
aitinne
dative
aiteann
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an aiteann
genitive
na haitinne
dative
leis an aiteann don aiteann :

#### Derived terms

* aiteann francach (“tall furze”)
* aiteann gaelach (“dwarf whin”)
* aiteann gallda (“tall furze”)
* aiteann mín (“dwarf whin”)
* aiteann Muire (“club moss”)
* aiteannach f (“furze, gorse, whins (collective)”)
* caislín aitinn (“whinchat”)
* scothán aitinn (“furze bush”)
* tom aitinn (“whin-bush”)
* tor aitinn (“whin-bush”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aittenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*axto-, *axtīno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aiteann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Alternative forms

* aitionn

### Etymology

From Old Irish aiten m (“furze, gorse”), from Proto-Celtic *axtīnos (“furze, gorse”) (compare Welsh eithin), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱstis (compare Lithuanian akstìs (“thorn”), Russian ость (ostʹ, “awn, bristle”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

### Noun

aiteann m (genitive singular aitinn, plural aitinn)
* juniper

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

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