adhartán

Irish

Etymology

From adhairt (“bolster, pillow”) +‎ -án.

Noun

adhartán m (genitive singular adhartáin, nominative plural adhartáin)

1. cushion

   Synonym: cúisín

2. (surgery) compress
3. lump

Declension

Declension of adhartán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative adhartán adhartáin Vocative a adhartáin a adhartána Genitive adhartáin adhartán Dative adhartán adhartáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-adhartán na hadhartáin Genitive an adhartáin na n-adhartán Dative leis an adhartán don adhartán leis na hadhartáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhartán	n-adhartán	hadhartán	t-adhartán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhartán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “adhartán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.