tarmachan

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic tarmachan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠaɾəmˠəxənˠ/

Noun

tarmachan m (genitive singular tarmachain, nominative plural tarmachain)

1. ptarmigan

Declension

Declension of tarmachan (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tarmachan tarmachain vocative a tharmachain a tharmachana genitive tarmachain tarmachan dative tarmachan tarmachain forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tarmachan na tarmachain genitive an tarmachain na dtarmachan dative leis an tarmachan don tarmachan leis na tarmachain

Mutation

Mutated forms of tarmachan

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tarmachan	tharmachan	dtarmachan

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Unknown, but compare tàrmachadh (“originating, producing”), from Old Irish tórmach. MacBain suggests an imitative base tarm (“murmur”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ʰaɾaməxan/

Noun

tarmachan m (genitive singular tarmachain, plural tarmachanan)

1. ptarmigan

Mutation

Mutation of tarmachan

radical	lenition
tarmachan	tharmachan

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