Eadhadh

Ogham letters
  Aicme Beithe   Aicme Muine
ᚁBeith ᚋMuin
ᚂLuis ᚌGort
ᚃFearn ᚍnGéadal
ᚄSail ᚎStraif
ᚅNion ᚏRuis
  Aicme hÚatha   Aicme Ailme
ᚆUath ᚐAilm
ᚇDair ᚑOnn
ᚈTinne ᚒÚr
ᚉColl ᚓEadhadh
ᚊCeirt ᚔIodhadh
  Forfeda
ᚕÉabhadh
ᚖÓr
ᚗUilleann
ᚘIfín ᚚPeith
ᚙEamhancholl

Eadhadh is the Irish name of the twenty-fourth letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚓ. In Old Irish, the letter name was Edad. Its phonetic value is [e].

The original meaning of the letter name is unknown, but it is likely influenced by Idad, much like Gothic pairþra, qairþra, together with which it forms the coda of the Briatharogaim.

The "arboreal" glossators assign crand fir no crithach "'true tree' or aspen".


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