méaracán

Irish

Etymology

From méar (“finger”) +‎ -acán.

Noun

méaracán m (genitive singular méaracáin, nominative plural méaracáin)

  1. thimble

Declension

Declension of méaracán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative méaracán méaracáin
vocative a mhéaracáin a mhéaracána
genitive méaracáin méaracán
dative méaracán méaracáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an méaracán na méaracáin
genitive an mhéaracáin na méaracán
dative leis an méaracán
don mhéaracán 		leis na méaracáin

Derived terms

  • cas méaracán (“thimble-case”)
  • cleas na méaracán (“thimble-rigging”)
  • fear méaracán, fear na méaracán (“thimble-rigger”)
  • lán méaracáin m (“thimbleful”)
  • méaracán dearg, méaracán púca, méaracán síogaí, méaracáin na mban sí (“purple foxglove”)
  • méaracán gorm (“bluebell, harebell”)
  • méaracán táilliúra (“tailor's, open-ended, thimble”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of méaracán
radical lenition eclipsis
méaracán mhéaracán 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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