piachán

Irish

Alternative forms

• píchán (obsolete)
• píochán

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pʲiəˈxːɑːn/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲiəxːɑːn/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲiəxːan/

Noun

piachán m (genitive singular piacháin)

1. hoarseness, wheezing

   Synonyms: cársán, slócht

Declension

Declension of piachán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative piachán Vocative a phiacháin Genitive piacháin Dative piachán

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an piachán Genitive an phiacháin Dative leis an bpiachán don phiachán

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
piachán	phiachán	bpiachán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “piachán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “píchán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “pioċán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 543
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “piachán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62