pocadán

Irish

Etymology

From poc +‎ -adán.

Noun

pocadán m (genitive singular pocadáin, nominative plural pocadáin)

1. Kerry beagle

Declension

Declension of pocadán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative pocadán pocadáin Vocative a phocadáin a phocadána Genitive pocadáin pocadán Dative pocadán pocadáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an pocadán na pocadáin Genitive an phocadáin na bpocadán Dative leis an bpocadán don phocadán leis na pocadáin

Derived terms

• pocadán beag (“beagle”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pocadán	phocadán	bpocadán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pocadán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• Entries containing “pocadán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “pocadán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.