diúracán

Irish

Etymology

From diúraic (“to cast, shoot”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /dʲuːɾˠəˈkɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲuːɾˠəkɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲuːɾˠəkanˠ/

Noun

diúracán m (genitive singular diúracáin, nominative plural diúracáin)

1. missile

Declension

Declension of diúracán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative diúracán diúracáin vocative a dhiúracáin a dhiúracána genitive diúracáin diúracán dative diúracán diúracáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an diúracán na diúracáin genitive an diúracáin na ndiúracán dative leis an diúracán don diúracán leis na diúracáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of diúracán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
diúracán	dhiúracán	ndiúracán

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