matán

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See also: matan and mätän

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

matán m (genitive singular matáin, nominative plural matáin)

  1. (anatomy) muscle

Declension

Declension of matán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative matán matáin
vocative a mhatáin a mhatána
genitive matáin matán
dative matán matáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an matán na matáin
genitive an mhatáin na matán
dative leis an matán
don mhatán
leis na matáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of matán
radical lenition eclipsis
matán mhatán not applicable

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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