arcán

See also: arcan, arkan, and arçan

Hungarian

Etymology

arc +‎ -a +‎ -n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒrt͡saːn]
• Hyphenation: ar‧cán

Noun

arcán

1. superessive singular of arca

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /aɾˠˈkɑːnˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾˠkɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾˠkanˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish orcán, from orc (“pig”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos. By surface analysis, arc (“piglet”) +‎ -án.

Noun

arcán m (genitive singular arcáin, nominative plural arcáin)

1. piglet

Derived terms

• arcán talún (“aardvark, anteater”)
• cnó arcáin (“pig-nut”)
• grán arcáin (“pilewort, lesser celandine”)

 

Etymology 2

Noun

arcán m (genitive singular arcáin, nominative plural arcáin)

1. Alternative form of earcán (“blindworm, slow-worm”)

Declension

Declension of arcán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative arcán arcáin Vocative a arcáin a arcána Genitive arcáin arcán Dative arcán arcáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-arcán na harcáin Genitive an arcáin na n-arcán Dative leis an arcán don arcán leis na harcáin

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arcán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “orcán (‘pigling’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “arcán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “arcán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024