atán

See also: atan

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

atán m (genitive singular atáin, nominative plural atáin)

1. cap; caputium

Declension

Declension of atán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative atán atáin vocative a atáin a atána genitive atáin atán dative atán atáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-atán na hatáin genitive an atáin na n-atán dative leis an atán don atán leis na hatáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of atán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
atán	n-atán	hatán	t-atán

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “atán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN