acordán

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English accordion, assimilated to the suffix -án.

Noun

acordán m (genitive singular acordáin, nominative plural acordáin)

1. (music) accordion

   Synonym: cairdín

Declension

Declension of acordán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative acordán acordáin Vocative a acordáin a acordána Genitive acordáin acordán Dative acordán acordáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-acordán na hacordáin Genitive an acordáin na n-acordán Dative leis an acordán don acordán leis na hacordáin

Related terms

• cairdíneoir m (“accordionist”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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