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Irish
Etymology
From French toucan or Portuguese/Spanish tucán, from Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.
Noun
túcán m (genitive singular túcáin, nominative plural túcáin)
- toucan
- (textiles) duck
Declension
Descendants
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| túcán
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thúcán
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dtúcán
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “túcán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “túcán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “túcán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024