arcachán
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Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]arcachán m (genitive singular arcacháin, nominative plural arcacháin)
- Alternative form of airceachán (“voracious eater”)
Etymology 2
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Noun
[edit]arcachán m (genitive singular arcacháin, nominative plural arcacháin)
- Synonym of arc (“piglet; diminutive animal or person”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of arcachán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
arcachán | n-arcachán | harcachán | t-arcachán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arcachán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN