alpán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From alp (“swallow whole, devour; grab”, transitive verb) +‎ -án.

Noun

alpán m (genitive singular alpáin, nominative plural alpáin)

  1. lump, chunk
  2. chunky person

Declension
Declension of alpán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alpán alpáin
Vocative a alpáin a alpána
Genitive alpáin alpán
Dative alpán alpáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-alpán na halpáin
Genitive an alpáin na n-alpán
Dative leis an alpán

don alpán

 leis na halpáin

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

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