meilsceánach

Irish

Alternative forms

• meilsceán, milseán, milseánach

Etymology

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Noun

meilsceánach m (genitive singular meilsceánaigh)

1. eelgrass, zostera

   Synonyms: feamainn mheilsceánach, miléarach

Declension

Declension of meilsceánach (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative meilsceánach vocative a mheilsceánaigh genitive meilsceánaigh dative meilsceánach forms with the definite article case singular nominative an meilsceánach genitive an mheilsceánaigh dative leis an meilsceánach don mheilsceánach

Mutation

Mutated forms of meilsceánach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meilsceánach	mheilsceánach	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) “meilsceánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meilsceánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm