feochadán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

feochadán m (genitive singular feochadáin, nominative plural feochadáin)

1. thistle

Declension

Declension of feochadán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative feochadán feochadáin Vocative a fheochadáin a fheochadána Genitive feochadáin feochadán Dative feochadán feochadáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an feochadán na feochadáin Genitive an fheochadáin na bhfeochadán Dative leis an bhfeochadán don fheochadán leis na feochadáin

Derived terms

• canach feochadáin (“thistle-down”)
• dealg feochadáin (“thistle-thorn”)
• feochadán colgach (“spear thistle”)
• feochadán corraigh (“marsh thistle”)
• feochadán mín, feochadán baineann (“carline thistle”)
• feochadán Muire (“milk thistle”)
• feochadán reatha (“creeping thistle”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feochadán	fheochadán	bhfeochadán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feochadán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “thistle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024