fadharcán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

fadharcán m (genitive singular fadharcáin, nominative plural fadharcáin)

  1. knot (in timber), protuberance (on tree), lump (on body)
  2. corn (on foot); callosity
  3. 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

Derived terms
  • fadharcánach (“knotted, gnarled; callous; lumpy, protuberant”, adjective)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fadharcán fhadharcán bhfadharcán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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