earrdheargán

Irish

Etymology

From earr (“end, tail”) +‎ dearg (“(bright) red”) +‎ án (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

earrdheargán m (genitive singular earrdheargáin, nominative plural earrdheargáin)

1. redstart

Declension

Declension of earrdheargán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative earrdheargán earrdheargáin Vocative a earrdheargáin a earrdheargána Genitive earrdheargáin earrdheargán Dative earrdheargán earrdheargáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-earrdheargán na hearrdheargáin Genitive an earrdheargáin na n-earrdheargán Dative leis an earrdheargán don earrdheargán leis na hearrdheargáin

Derived terms

• earrdheargán báneiteach m (“white-winged redstart”)
• earrdheargán dubh m (“black redstart”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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