alpachán
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom alp (“swallow whole, devour; grab”, transitive verb) + -achán or alpach (“voracious, greedy; grabbing”) + -án.
Noun
editalpachán m (genitive singular alpacháin, nominative plural alpacháin)
- Alternative form of alpán (“lump, chunk; chunky person”)
- Alternative form of alpaire (“voracious eater; grabber; large stone”)
- (informal, derogatory) pig (greedy person)
Declension
editDeclension of alpachán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
alpachán | n-alpachán | halpachán | t-alpachán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alpaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alpán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “alpachán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024