toghán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

toghán m (genitive singular togháin, nominative plural togháin)

1. polecat, fitch

   Synonym: cat coille

Declension

Declension of toghán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative toghán togháin vocative a thogháin a thoghána genitive togháin toghán dative toghán togháin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an toghán na togháin genitive an togháin na dtoghán dative leis an toghán don toghán leis na togháin

Mutation

Mutated forms of toghán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
toghán	thoghán	dtoghán

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