arcadán

Irish

Etymology

From arc +‎ -adán.

Noun

arcadán m (genitive singular arcadáin, nominative plural arcadáin)

1. Synonym of arc (“piglet; diminutive animal or person”)

Declension

Declension of arcadán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative arcadán arcadáin vocative a arcadáin a arcadána genitive arcadáin arcadán dative arcadán arcadáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-arcadán na harcadáin genitive an arcadáin na n-arcadán dative leis an arcadán don arcadán leis na harcadáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of arcadán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
arcadán	n-arcadán	harcadán	t-arcadán

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) “arcachán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN