fréamhán

See also: fréamhán-

Irish

Etymology

From fréamh (“root”) +‎ -án.

Noun

fréamhán m (genitive singular fréamháin, nominative plural fréamháin)

1. (botany) radicle

Declension

Declension of fréamhán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fréamhán fréamháin vocative a fhréamháin a fhréamhána genitive fréamháin fréamhán dative fréamhán fréamháin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fréamhán na fréamháin genitive an fhréamháin na bhfréamhán dative leis an bhfréamhán don fhréamhán leis na fréamháin

Mutation

Mutated forms of fréamhán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fréamhán	fhréamhán	bhfréamhán

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) “fréamhán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “radicle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fréamhán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm