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mealbhacán

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin mēlopepō (“type of pumpkin”), from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”). Assimilated to the suffix -acán.

Noun

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mealbhacán m (genitive singular mealbhacáin, nominative plural mealbhacáin)

  1. wild carrot
  2. melon
  3. (obsolete) cucumber

Declension

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Declension of mealbhacán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mealbhacán mealbhacáin
Vocative a mhealbhacáin a mhealbhacána
Genitive mealbhacáin mealbhacán
Dative mealbhacán mealbhacáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mealbhacán na mealbhacáin
Genitive an mhealbhacáin na mealbhacán
Dative leis an mealbhacán

don mhealbhacán

leis na mealbhacáin

Derived terms

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Mutation

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

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