alpachán

Irish

Etymology

From alp (“swallow whole, devour; grab”, transitive verb) +‎ -achán or alpach (“voracious, greedy; grabbing”) +‎ -án.

Noun

alpachán m (genitive singular alpacháin, nominative plural alpacháin)

  1. Alternative form of alpán (“lump, chunk; chunky person”)
  2. Alternative form of alpaire (“voracious eater; grabber; large stone”)
  3. (informal, derogatory) pig (greedy person)
    Synonyms: craosaire, muc, pórc

Declension
Declension of alpachán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alpachán alpacháin
Vocative a alpacháin a alpachána
Genitive alpacháin alpachán
Dative alpachán alpacháin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-alpachán na halpacháin
Genitive an alpacháin na n-alpachán
Dative leis an alpachán

don alpachán

 leis na halpacháin

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
alpachán n-alpachán halpachán t-alpachán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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