adharcán

Irish

Etymology 1

From adharc (“horn, feeler”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

adharcán m (genitive singular adharcáin, nominative plural adharcáin)

  1. (anatomy) feeler, tentacle, antenna
    Synonym: aintéine
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Noun

adharcán m (genitive singular adharcáin, nominative plural adharcáin)

  1. Alternative form of fadharcán (“knot (in timber), protuberance (on tree), lump (on body); corn (on foot); callosity; troublesome person”)

Declension
Declension of adharcán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative adharcán adharcáin
Vocative a adharcáin a adharcána
Genitive adharcáin adharcán
Dative adharcán adharcáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-adharcán na hadharcáin
Genitive an adharcáin na n-adharcán
Dative leis an adharcán

don adharcán

 leis na hadharcáin

Mutation
Irish mutation
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adharcán n-adharcán hadharcán t-adharcán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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