peileacán
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάνος (pelekános), assimilated to the suffix -acán.
Noun
editpeileacán m (genitive singular peileacáin, nominative plural peileacáin)
Declension
editDeclension of peileacán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
peileacán | pheileacán | bpeileacán |
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) “peileacán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “pelican”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024