meacan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish meccon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲakən̪ˠ/, /ˈmʲakənˠ/
• (Ulster, also) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲakanˠ/, /ˈmʲakan̪ˠ/ (as if spelled meacán)

Noun

meacan m (genitive singular meacain, nominative plural meacain)

1. root vegetable

Declension

Declension of meacan

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative meacan meacain Vocative a mheacain a mheacana Genitive meacain meacan Dative meacan meacain

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an meacan na meacain Genitive an mheacain na meacan Dative leis an meacan don mheacan leis na meacain

Derived terms

• meacan bán
• meacan biatais
• meacan compair
• meacan dearg

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meacan	mheacan	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “meacan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 471
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meacan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meacan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “meacan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish meccon. Cognate with Greek μήκων (míkon, “poppy”), Serbo-Croatian mak (“poppy”), and German Mohn (“poppy”), all believed to be from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂k-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛxkan/

Noun

meacan m (genitive singular meacain, plural meacanan)

1. The root or bulb of a plant; now used mainly in compound words

Derived terms

• meacan-buidhe (“carrot”)
• meacan-dearg (“carrot”)
• meacan-dogha (“greater burdock”)
• meacan-dubh (“comfrey”)
• meacan-rìgh (“parsnip”)
• meacan-ruadh (“radish”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
meacan	mheacan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.