toghchán

Irish

Etymology

toghadh +‎ -án

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠəuxɑːn̪ˠ/

Noun

toghchán m (genitive singular toghcháin, nominative plural toghcháin)

1. (politics) election

Declension

Declension of toghchán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative toghchán toghcháin vocative a thoghcháin a thoghchána genitive toghcháin toghchán dative toghchán toghcháin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an toghchán na toghcháin genitive an toghcháin na dtoghchán dative leis an toghchán don toghchán leis na toghcháin

Derived terms

• fothoghchán (“by-election”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of toghchán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
toghchán	thoghchán	dtoghchán

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toghchán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN