acantas

Irish

Etymology

From Latin acanthus, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos), from ἀκή (akḗ, “thorn”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

Noun

acantas m (genitive singular acantais, nominative plural acantais)

1. acanthus (plant)

Declension

Declension of acantas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative acantas acantais vocative a acantais a acantasa genitive acantais acantas dative acantas acantais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-acantas na hacantais genitive an acantais na n-acantas dative leis an acantas don acantas leis na hacantais

Derived terms

• duille acantais (“acanthus”) (architectural ornament)

Related terms

• acanta- (“acantho-”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of acantas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
acantas	n-acantas	hacantas	t-acantas

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “acantas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “acanthus”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “acantas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm