mealbhacán
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin mēlopepō (“type of pumpkin”), from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”). Assimilated to the suffix -acán.
Noun[edit]
mealbhacán m (genitive singular mealbhacáin, nominative plural mealbhacáin)
Declension[edit]
Declension of mealbhacán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
- mealbhacán uisce (“watermelon”)
- buidéal mealbhacáin
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mealbhacán | mhealbhacán | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mealbhacán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “melon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “melbucán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mealbhacán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “mealbhacán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024