meacan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish meccon.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲakənˠ/, /ˈmʲakən̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲakənˠ/, /ˈmʲakən̪ˠ/; /ˈmʲakanˠ/, /ˈmʲakan̪ˠ/ (as if spelled meacán)

Noun

meacan m (genitive singular meacain, nominative plural meacain)

1. root vegetable

Declension

Declension of meacan (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative meacan meacain vocative a mheacain a mheacana genitive meacain meacan dative meacan meacain forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an meacan na meacain genitive an mheacain na meacan dative leis an meacan don mheacan leis na meacain

Derived terms

• meacan bán (“parsnip”)
• meacan biatais (“beetroot”)
• meacan compair (“comfrey”)
• meacan dearg (“carrot”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of meacan

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meacan	mheacan	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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “meacan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 471
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meacan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meacan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “meacan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish meccon. Cognate with Greek μήκων (míkon, “poppy”), Serbo-Croatian mak (“poppy”), and German Mohn (“poppy”), all believed to be from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂k-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛxkan/

Noun

meacan m (genitive singular meacain, plural meacanan)

1. The root or bulb of a plant; now used mainly in compound words

Derived terms

• meacan-buidhe (“carrot”)
• meacan-dearg (“carrot”)
• meacan-dogha (“greater burdock”)
• meacan-dubh (“comfrey”)
• meacan-rìgh (“parsnip”)
• meacan-ruadh (“radish”)

 

Mutation

Mutation of meacan

radical	lenition
meacan	mheacan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.