arcán

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See also: arcan, arkan, and arçan

Hungarian

Etymology

arc +‎ -a +‎ -n

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ar‧cán

Noun

arcán

  1. superessive singular of arca

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish orcán, from orc (“pig”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos. By surface analysis, arc (“piglet”) +‎ -án.

Noun

arcán m (genitive singular arcáin, nominative plural arcáin)

  1. piglet
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

arcán m (genitive singular arcáin, nominative plural arcáin)

  1. Alternative form of earcán (“blindworm, slow-worm”)

Declension

Declension of arcán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative arcán arcáin
Vocative a arcáin a arcána
Genitive arcáin arcán
Dative arcán arcáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-arcán na harcáin
Genitive an arcáin na n-arcán
Dative leis an arcán

don arcán

leis na harcáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
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.

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