earrdheargán

Irish

Etymology

From earr (“end, tail”) +‎ dearg (“(bright) red”) +‎ án (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

earrdheargán m (genitive singular earrdheargáin, nominative plural earrdheargáin)

  1. redstart

Declension

Declension of earrdheargán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative earrdheargán earrdheargáin
vocative a earrdheargáin a earrdheargána
genitive earrdheargáin earrdheargán
dative earrdheargán earrdheargáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-earrdheargán na hearrdheargáin
genitive an earrdheargáin na n-earrdheargán
dative leis an earrdheargán
don earrdheargán 		leis na hearrdheargáin

Derived terms

  • earrdheargán báneiteach m (“white-winged redstart”)
  • earrdheargán dubh m (“black redstart”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of earrdheargán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
earrdheargán n-earrdheargán hearrdheargán not applicable

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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