adharcachán

Irish

Etymology

From adharcach (“horned; horny”) +‎ -án (nominal suffix).

Noun

adharcachán m (genitive singular adharcacháin, nominative plural adharcacháin)

1. lascivious person, lecher

   Synonyms: slíomadóir, slíomachán

Declension

Declension of adharcachán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative adharcachán adharcacháin vocative a adharcacháin a adharcachána genitive adharcacháin adharcachán dative adharcachán adharcacháin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-adharcachán na hadharcacháin genitive an adharcacháin na n-adharcachán dative leis an adharcachán don adharcachán leis na hadharcacháin

Mutation

Mutated forms of adharcachán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adharcachán	n-adharcachán	hadharcachán	t-adharcachán

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) “adharcachán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “adharcachán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025