méaracán

Irish

Etymology

From méar (“finger”) +‎ -acán.

Noun

méaracán m (genitive singular méaracáin, nominative plural méaracáin)

1. thimble

Declension

Declension of méaracán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative méaracán méaracáin vocative a mhéaracáin a mhéaracána genitive méaracáin méaracán dative méaracán méaracáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an méaracán na méaracáin genitive an mhéaracáin na méaracán dative leis an méaracán don mhéaracán leis na méaracáin

Derived terms

• cas méaracán (“thimble-case”)
• cleas na méaracán (“thimble-rigging”)
• fear méaracán, fear na méaracán (“thimble-rigger”)
• lán méaracáin m (“thimbleful”)
• méaracán dearg, méaracán púca, méaracán síogaí, méaracáin na mban sí (“purple foxglove”)
• méaracán gorm (“bluebell, harebell”)
• méaracán táilliúra (“tailor's, open-ended, thimble”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of méaracán

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