arcachán

Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

arcachán m (genitive singular arcacháin, nominative plural arcacháin)

  1. alternative form of airceachán (voracious eater)

Etymology 2

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Noun

arcachán m (genitive singular arcacháin, nominative plural arcacháin)

  1. synonym of arc (piglet; diminutive animal or person)

Declension

Declension of arcachán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative arcachán arcacháin
vocative a arcacháin a arcachána
genitive arcacháin arcachán
dative arcachán arcacháin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-arcachán na harcacháin
genitive an arcacháin na n-arcachán
dative leis an arcachán
don arcachán
leis na harcacháin

Mutation

Mutated forms of arcachán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
arcachán n-arcachán harcachán t-arcachán

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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