ciachán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ciach +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /coˈxɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/[2] (corresponding to the form ceochán)

Noun

ciachán m (genitive singular ciacháin)

  1. hoarseness, huskiness
    Synonyms: slócht, piachán

Declension

Declension of ciachán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative ciachán
vocative a chiacháin
genitive ciacháin
dative ciachán
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ciachán
genitive an chiacháin
dative leis an gciachán
don chiachán

Derived terms

  • ciachánach
  • ciachánaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciachán
radical lenition eclipsis
ciachán chiachán gciachán

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

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “ceoċán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 186; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 173, page 88

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.