gealacán

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Irish

Etymology

From geal (white) +‎ -acán. Compare Scottish Gaelic gealagan.

Noun

gealacán m (genitive singular gealacáin, nominative plural gealacáin)

  1. white (of egg, of eye)
  2. (anatomy) kneecap

Declension

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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gealacán ghealacán ngealacán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gealacán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • egg+white”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • white”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024