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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ard + -án.
Noun
ardán m (genitive singular ardáin, nominative plural ardáin)
- small height
- platform
- stage
- (sports) stand
- (in street names) terrace
- uplift
- (obsolete) pride
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| ardán
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n-ardán
|
hardán
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t-ardán
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 ardán ‘pride’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “árdán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 39
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “ardán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “ardán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.