fadharcán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

fadharcán m (genitive singular fadharcáin, nominative plural fadharcáin)

  1. knot (in timber), protuberance (on tree), lump (on body)
  2. corn (on foot); callosity
  3. troublesome person

Declension

Declension of adharcán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative adharcán adharcáin
vocative a adharcáin a adharcána
genitive adharcáin adharcán
dative adharcán adharcáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-adharcán na hadharcáin
genitive an adharcáin na n-adharcán
dative leis an adharcán
don adharcán 		leis na hadharcáin

Derived terms

  • fadharcánach (“knotted, gnarled; callous; lumpy, protuberant”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fadharcán
radical lenition eclipsis
fadharcán fhadharcán bhfadharcán

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

References

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