cadhan

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cadan (compare Scottish Gaelic cathan).

Noun

cadhan m (genitive singular cadhain, nominative plural cadhain)

  1. brent goose, brant goose
  2. barnacle goose
    Synonym: gé ghiúrainn

Declension

Declension of cadhan (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cadhan cadhain
vocative a chadhain a chadhana
genitive cadhain cadhan
dative cadhan cadhain
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cadhan na cadhain
genitive an chadhain na gcadhan
dative leis an gcadhan
don chadhan
leis na cadhain

Mutation

Mutated forms of cadhan
radical lenition eclipsis
cadhan chadhan gcadhan

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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