arcán talún

Irish

arcáin talún

Etymology

Calque of Afrikaans aardvark.

Noun

arcán talún m (genitive singular arcáin talún, nominative plural arcáin talún)

1. aardvark
2. anteater

   Synonym: alpaire seangán

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “arcán talún”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024