Poncán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • Ponncán, Púncán, Punncán
  • Poncánach, Ponncánach, Púncánach, Punncánach

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /pˠəŋˈkɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈpˠɔŋkɑːnˠ/, /ˈpˠʊŋkɑːnˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpˠʌŋkænˠ/

Noun

Poncán m (genitive singular Poncáin, nominative plural Poncáin)

  1. Yankee

Declension

Declension of Poncán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Poncán Poncáin
vocative a Phoncáin a Phoncána
genitive Poncáin Poncán
dative Poncán Poncáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Poncán na Poncáin
genitive an Phoncáin na bPoncán
dative leis an bPoncán
don Phoncán 		leis na Poncáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of Poncán
radical lenition eclipsis
Poncán Phoncán bPoncán

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

Further reading

  • “Poncán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Punncán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 555
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Poncán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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