toghán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

toghán m (genitive singular togháin, nominative plural togháin)

1. polecat, fitch

   Synonym: cat coille

Declension

Declension of toghán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative toghán togháin Vocative a thogháin a thoghána Genitive togháin toghán Dative toghán togháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an toghán na togháin Genitive an togháin na dtoghán Dative leis an toghán don toghán leis na togháin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
toghán	thoghán	dtoghán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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