dearcán

See also: dearcan

Irish

Etymology

From dearca +‎ -án

Pronunciation

Noun

dearcán m (genitive singular dearcáin, nominative plural dearcáin)

  1. acorn
  2. (a kind of) thistle

Declension

Declension of dearcán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dearcán dearcáin
vocative a dhearcáin a dhearcána
genitive dearcáin dearcán
dative dearcán dearcáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dearcán na dearcáin
genitive an dearcáin na ndearcán
dative leis an dearcán
don dearcán 		leis na dearcáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of dearcán
radical lenition eclipsis
dearcán dhearcán ndearcán

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 138, page 54

Further reading

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