arcán talún

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Irish

arcáin talún

Etymology

Calque of Afrikaans aardvark.

Noun

arcán talún m (genitive singular arcáin talún, nominative plural arcáin talún)

  1. aardvark
  2. anteater
    Synonym: alpaire seangán

Mutation

Mutated forms of arcán talún
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
arcán talún n-arcán talún harcán talún t-arcán talún

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

Further reading

  • “arcán talún”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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