cloicheán

Irish

Etymology

From cloch +‎ -án.

Noun

cloicheán m (genitive singular cloicheáin, nominative plural cloicheáin)

1. prawn

Declension

Declension of cloicheán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cloicheán cloicheáin Vocative a chloicheáin a chloicheána Genitive cloicheáin cloicheán Dative cloicheán cloicheáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cloicheán na cloicheáin Genitive an chloicheáin na gcloicheán Dative leis an gcloicheán don chloicheán leis na cloicheáin

Derived terms

• cloicheán tíograch
• craicear cloicheán
• manglam cloicheán
• sailéad cloicheán

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cloicheán	chloicheán	gcloicheán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cloicheán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “cloicheán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “cloicheán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.