méaracán

Irish

Etymology

From méar (“finger”) +‎ -acán.

Noun

méaracán m (genitive singular méaracáin, nominative plural méaracáin)

  1. thimble

Declension
Declension of méaracán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative méaracán méaracáin
Vocative a mhéaracáin a mhéaracána
Genitive méaracáin méaracán
Dative méaracán méaracáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an méaracán na méaracáin
Genitive an mhéaracáin na méaracán
Dative leis an méaracán

don mhéaracán

 leis na méaracáin

Derived terms
  • cas méaracán (“thimble-case”)
  • cleas na méaracán (“thimble-rigging”)
  • fear méaracán, fear na méaracán (“thimble-rigger”)
  • lán méaracáin m (“thimbleful”)
  • méaracán dearg, méaracán púca, méaracán síogaí, méaracáin na mban sí (“purple foxglove”)
  • méaracán gorm (“bluebell, harebell”)
  • méaracán táilliúra (“tailor's, open-ended, thimble”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
méaracán mhéaracán not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.