alpachán

Irish

Etymology

From alp (“swallow whole, devour; grab”, transitive verb) +‎ -achán or alpach (“voracious, greedy; grabbing”) +‎ -án.

Noun

alpachán m (genitive singular alpacháin, nominative plural alpacháin)

  1. alternative form of alpán (“lump, chunk; chunky person”)
  2. alternative form of alpaire (“voracious eater; grabber; large stone”)
  3. (informal, derogatory) pig (greedy person)
    Synonyms: craosaire, muc, pórc

Declension

Declension of alpachán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative alpachán alpacháin
vocative a alpacháin a alpachána
genitive alpacháin alpachán
dative alpachán alpacháin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-alpachán na halpacháin
genitive an alpacháin na n-alpachán
dative leis an alpachán
don alpachán 		leis na halpacháin

Mutation

Mutated forms of alpachán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alpachán n-alpachán halpachán t-alpachán

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

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