feochadán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

feochadán m (genitive singular feochadáin, nominative plural feochadáin)

  1. thistle

Declension

Declension of feochadán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative feochadán feochadáin
vocative a fheochadáin a fheochadána
genitive feochadáin feochadán
dative feochadán feochadáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an feochadán na feochadáin
genitive an fheochadáin na bhfeochadán
dative leis an bhfeochadán
don fheochadán 		leis na feochadáin

Derived terms

  • canach feochadáin (“thistle-down”)
  • dealg feochadáin (“thistle-thorn”)
  • feochadán colgach (“spear thistle”)
  • feochadán corraigh (“marsh thistle”)
  • feochadán mín, feochadán baineann (“carline thistle”)
  • feochadán Muire (“milk thistle”)
  • feochadán reatha (“creeping thistle”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of feochadán
radical lenition eclipsis
feochadán fheochadán bhfeochadán

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feochadán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “thistle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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