earrdheargán

Irish

Etymology

From earr (“end, tail”) +‎ dearg (“(bright) red”) +‎ án (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

earrdheargán m (genitive singular earrdheargáin, nominative plural earrdheargáin)

1. redstart

Declension

Declension of earrdheargán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative earrdheargán earrdheargáin vocative a earrdheargáin a earrdheargána genitive earrdheargáin earrdheargán dative earrdheargán earrdheargáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-earrdheargán na hearrdheargáin genitive an earrdheargáin na n-earrdheargán dative leis an earrdheargán don earrdheargán leis na hearrdheargáin

Derived terms

• earrdheargán báneiteach m (“white-winged redstart”)
• earrdheargán dubh m (“black redstart”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of earrdheargán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
earrdheargán	n-earrdheargán	hearrdheargán	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) “earrdheargán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN