alpachán

Irish

Etymology

From alp (“swallow whole, devour; grab”, transitive verb) +‎ -achán or alpach (“voracious, greedy; grabbing”) +‎ -án.

Noun

alpachán m (genitive singular alpacháin, nominative plural alpacháin)

1. Alternative form of alpán (“lump, chunk; chunky person”)
2. Alternative form of alpaire (“voracious eater; grabber; large stone”)
3. (informal, derogatory) pig (greedy person)

   Synonyms: craosaire, muc, pórc

Declension

Declension of alpachán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative alpachán alpacháin vocative a alpacháin a alpachána genitive alpacháin alpachán dative alpachán alpacháin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-alpachán na halpacháin genitive an alpacháin na n-alpachán dative leis an alpachán don alpachán leis na halpacháin

Mutation

Mutated forms of alpachán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alpachán	n-alpachán	halpachán	t-alpachán

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) “alpaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alpán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “alpachán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024