Eithne

== Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish Eithne, from Old Irish Eithne. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛnʲə/, /ˈɛhnʲə/ === Proper noun === Eithne f (genitive Eithne) a female given name from Old Irish (Irish mythology) The daughter of the Fomorian king Balor, wife of Cian and the mother of Lugh and Dealbhaeth, and the grandmother of Cú Chulainn and Fionn mac Cumhaill. ==== Declension ==== Indeclinable. Alternative genitive forms: Eithneann, Eithleann, Eithlinne ==== Descendants ==== → English: Ena, Enya, Etna, Ethna → Scots: Edna === Mutation === === References === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “Eiṫne”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 407; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN == Middle Irish == === Alternative forms === Ethne === Etymology === From Old Irish Eithne. The name is traditionally derived from eithne (“grain, kernel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (earlier) /ˈeθʲnʲə/, (later) /ˈehnʲə/ === Proper noun === Eithne f a female given name ==== Descendants ==== Irish: Eithne Scottish Gaelic: Eithne === Mutation === === References === == Old Irish == === Etymology === Attested in the Expulsion of the Déisi, from the c. 8th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeθʲ.nʲe/ === Proper noun === Eithne f a female given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: Eithne Irish: Eithne Scottish Gaelic: Eithne === Mutation === == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish Eithne, from Old Irish Eithne. Cognate with Old Norse Eðna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛnʲə/ === Proper noun === Eithne a female given name from Middle Irish (Irish mythology) The daughter of the Fomorian king Balor, wife of Cian and the mother of Lugh and Dealbhaeth, and the grandmother of Cú Chulainn and Fionn mac Cumhaill. === Mutation ===