toghchán

Irish

Etymology

toghadh +‎ -án

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠəuxɑːn̪ˠ/

Noun

toghchán m (genitive singular toghcháin, nominative plural toghcháin)

1. (politics) election

Declension

Declension of toghchán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative toghchán toghcháin Vocative a thoghcháin a thoghchána Genitive toghcháin toghchán Dative toghchán toghcháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an toghchán na toghcháin Genitive an toghcháin na dtoghchán Dative leis an toghchán don toghchán leis na toghcháin

Derived terms

• fothoghchán (“by-election”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
toghchán	thoghchán	dtoghchán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toghchán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN