earrdheargán
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom earr (“end, tail”) + dearg (“(bright) red”) + án (“diminutive suffix”).
Noun
editearrdheargán m (genitive singular earrdheargáin, nominative plural earrdheargáin)
Declension
editDeclension of earrdheargán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- earrdheargán báneiteach m (“white-winged redstart”)
- earrdheargán dubh m (“black redstart”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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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
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “earrdheargán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN