meathlúchán

Irish

Etymology

meathlú +‎ -achán

Noun

meathlúchán m (genitive singular meathlúcháin)

1. decadence
2. degeneration, decline, deterioration

Declension

Declension of meathlúchán (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative meathlúchán vocative a mheathlúcháin genitive meathlúcháin dative meathlúchán forms with the definite article case singular nominative an meathlúchán genitive an mheathlúcháin dative leis an meathlúchán don mheathlúchán

Synonyms

• meath

Derived terms

• néarmheathlúchán

Mutation

Mutated forms of meathlúchán

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