peileacán

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Irish

Etymology

From Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάνος (pelekános), assimilated to the suffix -acán.

Noun

peileacán m (genitive singular peileacáin, nominative plural peileacáin)

  1. pelican

Declension

Declension of peileacán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative peileacán peileacáin
vocative a pheileacáin a pheileacána
genitive peileacáin peileacán
dative peileacán peileacáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an peileacán na peileacáin
genitive an pheileacáin na bpeileacán
dative leis an bpeileacán
don pheileacán 		leis na peileacáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of peileacán
radical lenition eclipsis
peileacán pheileacán bpeileacán

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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