èiginn

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish éicen f (“necessity”). === Noun === èiginn f (genitive singular èiginne, plural èiginnean) difficulty, hardship, trouble necessity, emergency, pressure, desperation violence, duress ==== Derived terms ==== air èiginn === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “èiginn”, 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), “éicen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language