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earkan

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Manx

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish adaircín (“lapwing”)[1] or just eairk +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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earkan m (genitive singular earkan, plural earkanyn)

  1. lapwing

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 adaircín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Christopher Lewin (2020) Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 176
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