arcadán

Irish

Etymology

From arc +‎ -adán.

Noun

arcadán m (genitive singular arcadáin, nominative plural arcadáin)

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

Declension

Declension of arcadán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative arcadán arcadáin Vocative a arcadáin a arcadána Genitive arcadáin arcadán Dative arcadán arcadáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-arcadán na harcadáin Genitive an arcadáin na n-arcadán Dative leis an arcadán don arcadán leis na harcadáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
arcadán	n-arcadán	harcadán	t-arcadán
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