adharcán

Irish

Etymology 1

From adharc (“horn, feeler”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

adharcán m (genitive singular adharcáin, nominative plural adharcáin)

1. (anatomy) feeler, tentacle, antenna

   Synonym: aintéine

Alternative forms

• adhaircín, adharcóg

Etymology 2

Noun

adharcán m (genitive singular adharcáin, nominative plural adharcáin)

1. Alternative form of fadharcán (“knot (in timber), protuberance (on tree), lump (on body); corn (on foot); callosity; troublesome person”)

Declension

Declension of adharcán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative adharcán adharcáin Vocative a adharcáin a adharcána Genitive adharcáin adharcán Dative adharcán adharcáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-adharcán na hadharcáin Genitive an adharcáin na n-adharcán Dative leis an adharcán don adharcán leis na hadharcáin

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adharcán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adharcán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “adharcán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024