earcán

Irish

Etymology 1

From earc (“lizard”) +‎ -án.

Noun

earcán m (genitive singular earcáin, nominative plural earcáin)

1. blindworm, slowworm

Synonyms

• earcán caoch

Etymology 2

Noun

earcán m (genitive singular earcáin, nominative plural earcáin)

1. Alternative form of arcán (“piglet”)

Declension

Declension of earcán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative earcán earcáin vocative a earcáin a earcána genitive earcáin earcán dative earcán earcáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-earcán na hearcáin genitive an earcáin na n-earcán dative leis an earcán don earcán leis na hearcáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of earcán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
earcán	n-earcán	hearcán	t-earcán

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