blonagán

Irish

Etymology

From blonag (“soft fat, lard”) +‎ -án.

Noun

blonagán m (genitive singular blonagáin, nominative plural blonagáin)

1. goosefoot

   Synonym: ceathrú chaorach

Declension

Declension of blonagán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative blonagán blonagáin vocative a bhlonagáin a bhlonagána genitive blonagáin blonagán dative blonagán blonagáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an blonagán na blonagáin genitive an bhlonagáin na mblonagán dative leis an mblonagán don bhlonagán leis na blonagáin

Derived terms

• blonagán bán m (“white goosefoot”)
• blonagán dearg m (“red goosefoot”)
• blonagán Lochlannach m (“Swedish goosefoot”)
• blonagán síolach m (“many-seeded goosefoot”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of blonagán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
blonagán	bhlonagán	mblonagán

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