udalán

Irish

Etymology

Apprarently from udmhall (“unstable”) +‎ -án

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈuːd̪ˠəlˠanˠ/ (as if spelled údalán)

Noun

udalán m (genitive singular udaláin, nominative plural udaláin)

1. a swivel (piece to permit rotation)

   Synonym: sclóin

Declension

Declension of udalán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative udalán udaláin vocative a udaláin a udalána genitive udaláin udalán dative udalán udaláin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-udalán na hudaláin genitive an udaláin na n-udalán dative leis an udalán don udalán leis na hudaláin

Mutation

Mutated forms of udalán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
udalán	n-udalán	hudalán	t-udalán

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) “udalán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN