dearcán

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Irish

Etymology

From dearca +‎ -án

Pronunciation

Noun

dearcán m (genitive singular dearcáin, nominative plural dearcáin)

  1. acorn
  2. (a kind of) thistle

Declension

Declension of dearcán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dearcán dearcáin
Vocative a dhearcáin a dhearcána
Genitive dearcáin dearcán
Dative dearcán dearcáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dearcán na dearcáin
Genitive an dearcáin na ndearcán
Dative leis an dearcán

don dearcán

leis na dearcáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dearcán dhearcán ndearcán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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