mealbhacán
Irish
Alternative forms
- mealbhucán (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mēlopepō (“type of pumpkin”), from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”). Assimilated to the suffix -acán.
Noun
mealbhacán m (genitive singular mealbhacáin, nominative plural mealbhacáin)
Declension
Declension of mealbhacán
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- mealbhacán uisce (“watermelon”)
- buidéal mealbhacáin
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mealbhacán | mhealbhacán | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mealbhacán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “melon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “melbucán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “mealbhacán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “mealbhacán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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