adharcán

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Irish

Etymology 1

From adharc (“horn, feeler”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

adharcán m (genitive singular adharcáin, nominative plural adharcáin)

  1. (anatomy) feeler, tentacle, antenna
    Synonym: aintéine
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Noun

adharcán m (genitive singular adharcáin, nominative plural adharcáin)

  1. Alternative form of fadharcán (“knot (in timber), protuberance (on tree), lump (on body); corn (on foot); callosity; troublesome person”)

Declension

Declension of adharcán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative adharcán adharcáin
vocative a adharcáin a adharcána
genitive adharcáin adharcán
dative adharcán adharcáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-adharcán na hadharcáin
genitive an adharcáin na n-adharcán
dative leis an adharcán
don adharcán 		leis na hadharcáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of adharcán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adharcán n-adharcán hadharcán t-adharcán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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