meacan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish meccon.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

meacan m (genitive singular meacain, nominative plural meacain)

  1. root vegetable

Declension

Declension of meacan (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative meacan meacain
vocative a mheacain a mheacana
genitive meacain meacan
dative meacan meacain
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an meacan na meacain
genitive an mheacain na meacan
dative leis an meacan
don mheacan 		leis na meacain

Derived terms

  • meacan bán (“parsnip”)
  • meacan biatais (“beetroot”)
  • meacan compair (“comfrey”)
  • meacan dearg (“carrot”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of meacan
radical lenition eclipsis
meacan mheacan 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

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mecon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 52, page 14
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 10, page 7

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish meccon. Cognate with Greek μήκων (míkon, “poppy”), Serbo-Croatian mak (“poppy”), and German Mohn (“poppy”), all believed to be from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂k-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛxkan/

Noun

meacan m (genitive singular meacain, plural meacanan)

  1. The root or bulb of a plant; now used mainly in compound words

Derived terms

  • meacan-buidhe (“carrot”)
  • meacan-dearg (“carrot”)
  • meacan-dogha (“greater burdock”)
  • meacan-dubh (“comfrey”)
  • meacan-rìgh (“parsnip”)
  • meacan-ruadh (“radish”)

Mutation

Mutation of meacan
radical lenition
meacan mheacan

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

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