órang-útan

See also: orangutan, orangután, orang-utan, orang utan, Orang-Utan, and órangútan

Irish

Etymology

From Malay orang utan.

Noun

órang-útan m (genitive singular órang-útain, nominative plural órang-útain)

1. orangutan

Declension

Declension of órang-útan (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative órang-útan órang-útain vocative a órang-útain a órang-útana genitive órang-útain órang-útan dative órang-útan órang-útain forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-órang-útan na hórang-útain genitive an órang-útain na n-órang-útan dative leis an órang-útan don órang-útan leis na hórang-útain

Mutation

Mutated forms of órang-útan

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
órang-útan	n-órang-útan	hórang-útan	t-órang-útan

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “órang-útan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN