Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish etelachán (little flying creature, butterfly), from etelach (flying, that flies) +‎ -án.

Noun edit

féileacán m (genitive singular féileacáin, nominative plural féileacáin)

  1. butterfly

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
féileacán fhéileacán bhféileacán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.