túcán

See also: tucan and tucán

Irish

Etymology

From French toucan or Portuguese/Spanish tucán, from Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.

Noun

túcán m (genitive singular túcáin, nominative plural túcáin)

1. toucan
2. (textiles) duck

Declension

Declension of túcán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative túcán túcáin vocative a thúcáin a thúcána genitive túcáin túcán dative túcán túcáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an túcán na túcáin genitive an túcáin na dtúcán dative leis an túcán don túcán leis na túcáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of túcán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
túcán	thúcán	dtúcán

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) “túcán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “túcán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “túcán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025