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arcán
arcán
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish orcán, from orc (“pig”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos; synchronically, arc (“piglet”) + -án.
Noun
arcán m (genitive singular arcáin, nominative plural arcáin)
Derived terms
- arcán talún (“aardvark”)
Etymology 2
Noun
arcán m (genitive singular arcáin, nominative plural arcáin)
- Alternative form of earcán (“blindworm, slow-worm”)
Declension
Declension of arcán
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| arcán | n-arcán | harcán | t-arcán |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "arcán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “orcán (‘pigling’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.