adharcachán

Irish

Etymology

From adharcach (“horned; horny”) +‎ -án (nominal suffix).

Noun

adharcachán m (genitive singular adharcacháin, nominative plural adharcacháin)

1. lascivious person, lecher

   Synonyms: slíomadóir, slíomachán

Declension

Declension of adharcachán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative adharcachán adharcacháin Vocative a adharcacháin a adharcachána Genitive adharcacháin adharcachán Dative adharcachán adharcacháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-adharcachán na hadharcacháin Genitive an adharcacháin na n-adharcachán Dative leis an adharcachán don adharcachán leis na hadharcacháin

Mutation

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

Further reading

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