arcachán

Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

arcachán m (genitive singular arcacháin, nominative plural arcacháin)

1. Alternative form of airceachán (“voracious eater”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

arcachán m (genitive singular arcacháin, nominative plural arcacháin)

1. Synonym of arc (“piglet; diminutive animal or person”)

Declension

Declension of arcachán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative arcachán arcacháin Vocative a arcacháin a arcachána Genitive arcacháin arcachán Dative arcachán arcacháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-arcachán na harcacháin Genitive an arcacháin na n-arcachán Dative leis an arcachán don arcachán leis na harcacháin

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arcachán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN