maothán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish maethán (“gristle, cartilage; a tender shoot, twig, etc.”), equivalent to maoth +‎ -án.

Noun

maothán m (genitive singular maotháin, nominative plural maotháin)

  1. soft part; (anatomy) lobe
  2. flank
    1. (anatomy) haw, third eyelid
      Synonym: maothán súile
    2. (pathology) disease of haw
  3. tender shoot

Declension

Declension of maothán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative maothán maotháin
vocative a mhaotháin a mhaothána
genitive maotháin maothán
dative maothán maotháin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an maothán na maotháin
genitive an mhaotháin na maothán
dative leis an maothán
don mhaothán 		leis na maotháin

Derived terms

  • maothán cluaise (“earlobe”)
  • maothán pairiatach (“parietal lobe”)
  • maothán tosaigh (“frontal lobe”)
  • maothán uisinneach, maothán na huisinne (“temporal lobe”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of maothán
radical lenition eclipsis
maothán mhaothán not applicable

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

References

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