Poncán

Irish

Alternative forms

• Ponncán, Púncán, Punncán
• Poncánach, Ponncánach, Púncánach, Punncánach

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠəŋˈkɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɔŋkɑːnˠ/, /ˈpˠʊŋkɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠʌŋkænˠ/

Noun

Poncán m (genitive singular Poncáin, nominative plural Poncáin)

1. Yankee

Declension

Declension of Poncán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Poncán Poncáin Vocative a Phoncáin a Phoncána Genitive Poncáin Poncán Dative Poncán Poncáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Poncán na Poncáin Genitive an Phoncáin na bPoncán Dative leis an bPoncán don Phoncán leis na Poncáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Poncán	Phoncán	bPoncán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Poncán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Punncán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 555
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Poncán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN