udalán

Irish

Etymology

Apprarently from udmhall (“unstable”) +‎ -án

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈuːd̪ˠəlˠanˠ/ (as if spelled údalán)

Noun

udalán m (genitive singular udaláin, nominative plural udaláin)

1. a swivel (piece to permit rotation)

   Synonym: sclóin

Declension

Declension of udalán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative udalán udaláin Vocative a udaláin a udalána Genitive udaláin udalán Dative udalán udaláin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-udalán na hudaláin Genitive an udaláin na n-udalán Dative leis an udalán don udalán leis na hudaláin

Mutation

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

Further reading

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