Poncán

Irish

Alternative forms

• Ponncán, Púncán, Punncán
• Poncánach, Ponncánach, Púncánach, Punncánach

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠəŋˈkɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɔŋkɑːnˠ/, /ˈpˠʊŋkɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠʌŋkænˠ/

Noun

Poncán m (genitive singular Poncáin, nominative plural Poncáin)

1. Yankee

Declension

Declension of Poncán (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative Poncán Poncáin vocative a Phoncáin a Phoncána genitive Poncáin Poncán dative Poncán Poncáin forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an Poncán na Poncáin genitive an Phoncáin na bPoncán dative leis an bPoncán don Phoncán leis na Poncáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of Poncán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Poncán	Phoncán	bPoncán

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

Further reading

• “Poncán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Punncán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 555
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Poncán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN