arcán
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arcán
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish orcán, from orc (“pig”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos. By surface analysis, arc (“piglet”) + -án.
Noun edit
arcán m (genitive singular arcáin, nominative plural arcáin)
Derived terms edit
- arcán talún (“aardvark, anteater”)
- cnó arcáin (“pig-nut”)
- grán arcáin (“pilewort, lesser celandine”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
arcán m (genitive singular arcáin, nominative plural arcáin)
- Alternative form of earcán (“blindworm, slow-worm”)
Declension edit
Declension of arcán
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
arcán | n-arcán | harcán | t-arcán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arcán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “orcán (‘pigling’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “arcán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “arcán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.