colgán

Irish

Etymology

colg +‎ -án

Noun

colgán m (genitive singular colgáin, nominative plural colgáin)

1. swordfish

Declension

Declension of colgán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative colgán colgáin Vocative a cholgáin a cholgána Genitive colgáin colgán Dative colgán colgáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an colgán na colgáin Genitive an cholgáin na gcolgán Dative leis an gcolgán don cholgán leis na colgáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
colgán	cholgán	gcolgán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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