cocún

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cocoon, from French cocon, a diminutive of coque (“shell”).

Noun

cocún m (genitive singular cocúin, nominative plural cocúin)

  1. (entomology) cocoon

Declension

Declension of cocún (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cocún cocúin
vocative a chocúin a chocúna
genitive cocúin cocún
dative cocún cocúin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cocún na cocúin
genitive an chocúin na gcocún
dative leis an gcocún
don chocún 		leis na cocúin

Mutation

Mutated forms of cocún
radical lenition eclipsis
cocún chocún gcocún

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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