préchán

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• prechan, précháin, preachán, preachán, préachán

Etymology

Derived from an earlier sense of "orator," "crier," borrowed from Latin praeco (“herald”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲrʲeːxaːn/

Noun

préchán m (genitive précháin, nominative plural précháin)

1. bird of prey

Descendants

• Irish: préachán (“crow”)

Mutation

Mutation of préchán

radical	lenition	nasalization
préchán	phréchán	préchán pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “préchán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “preachan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN