colgán

Irish

Etymology

colg +‎ -án

Noun

colgán m (genitive singular colgáin, nominative plural colgáin)

  1. swordfish

Declension

Declension of colgán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative colgán colgáin
vocative a cholgáin a cholgána
genitive colgáin colgán
dative colgán colgáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an colgán na colgáin
genitive an cholgáin na gcolgán
dative leis an gcolgán
don cholgán
leis na colgáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of colgán
radical lenition eclipsis
colgán cholgán gcolgán

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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