préchán

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• prechan
• précháin
• preachán
• preachán
• préachán

Etymology

Derived from an earlier sense of "orator," "crier," borrowed from Latin praeco (“herald”).

Noun

préchán m

1. bird of prey

Inflection

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Descendants

• Irish: préachán (“crow”)

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
préchán	phréchán	préchán pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “préchán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “preachan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN