eagán

See also: eagan and Eagan

Irish

Alternative forms

• iogán, ugán

Etymology

From Middle Irish eccán.

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɪɡɑːn/ (corresponding to the form iogán)
• (Cois Fharraige, Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈʊɡɑːn̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form iogán)

Noun

eagán m (genitive singular eagáin, nominative plural eagáin)

1. craw, crop (part of a bird's alimentary tract)

Declension

Declension of eagán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative eagán eagáin vocative a eagáin a eagána genitive eagáin eagán dative eagán eagáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-eagán na heagáin genitive an eagáin na n-eagán dative leis an eagán don eagán leis na heagáin

Synonyms

• (craw, crop): prócar

Derived terms

• an scrogall is an t-eagán (“skin and bones”, literally “the neck and the crop”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of eagán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eagán	n-eagán	heagán	not applicable

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