acantas

Irish

Etymology

From Latin acanthus, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos), from ἀκή (akḗ, “thorn”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

Noun

acantas m (genitive singular acantais, nominative plural acantais)

  1. acanthus (plant)

Declension

Declension of acantas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative acantas acantais
vocative a acantais a acantasa
genitive acantais acantas
dative acantas acantais
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-acantas na hacantais
genitive an acantais na n-acantas
dative leis an acantas
don acantas 		leis na hacantais

Derived terms

  • duille acantais (“acanthus”) (architectural ornament)

Mutation

Mutated forms of acantas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
acantas n-acantas hacantas t-acantas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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