torcán

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Irish

Etymology

torc +‎ -án

Pronunciation

Noun

torcán m (genitive singular torcáin, nominative plural torcáin)

  1. porcupine

Declension

Declension of torcán (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative torcán torcáin
vocative a thorcán a thorcáin
genitive torcáin torcáin
dative torcán torcáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an torcán na torcáin
genitive an torcáin na dtorcáin
dative leis an torcán
don torcán
leis na torcáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of torcán
radical lenition eclipsis
torcán thorcán dtorcán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.