gonán

See also: gonan

Irish

Etymology

From the root of goin (“wound”) + -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

gonán m (genitive singular gonáin, nominative plural gonáin)

  1. canine tooth
    Synonyms: cíocrán, géarán

Declension

Declension of gonán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gonán gonáin
vocative a ghonáin a ghonána
genitive gonáin gonán
dative gonán gonáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gonán na gonáin
genitive an ghonáin na ngonán
dative leis an ngonán
don ghonán 		leis na gonáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of gonán
radical lenition eclipsis
gonán ghonán ngonán

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 13

Further reading

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