arcán talún

Irish

arcáin talún

Etymology

Calque of Afrikaans aardvark.

Noun

arcán talún m (genitive singular arcáin talún, nominative plural arcáin talún)

1. aardvark
2. anteater

   Synonym: alpaire seangán

Mutation

Mutated forms of arcán talún

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
arcán talún	n-arcán talún	harcán talún	t-arcán talún

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

Further reading

• “arcán talún”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024