arcán

See also: arcan, arkan, and arçan

Hungarian

Etymology

arc +‎ -a +‎ -n

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒrt͡saːn]
  • Hyphenation: ar‧cán

Noun

arcán

  1. superessive singular of arca

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /aɾˠˈkɑːnˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈaɾˠkɑːnˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaɾˠkanˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish orcán, from orc (“pig”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos. By surface analysis, arc (“piglet”) +‎ -án.

Noun

arcán m (genitive singular arcáin, nominative plural arcáin)

  1. piglet
Derived terms
  • arcán talún (“aardvark, anteater”)
  • cnó arcáin (“pig-nut”)
  • grán arcáin (“pilewort, lesser celandine”)
Descendants
  • → Yola: aracaun

Etymology 2

Noun

arcán m (genitive singular arcáin, nominative plural arcáin)

  1. alternative form of earcán (“blindworm, slow-worm”)

Declension

Declension of arcán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative arcán arcáin
vocative a arcáin a arcána
genitive arcáin arcán
dative arcán arcáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-arcán na harcáin
genitive an arcáin na n-arcán
dative leis an arcán
don arcán 		leis na harcáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of arcán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
arcán n-arcán harcán t-arcán

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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