mealbhacán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • mealbhucán (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mēlopepō (“type of pumpkin”), from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”). Assimilated to the suffix -acán.

Noun

mealbhacán m (genitive singular mealbhacáin, nominative plural mealbhacáin)

  1. wild carrot
  2. melon
  3. (obsolete) cucumber

Declension

Declension of mealbhacán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative mealbhacán mealbhacáin
vocative a mhealbhacáin a mhealbhacána
genitive mealbhacáin mealbhacán
dative mealbhacán mealbhacáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mealbhacán na mealbhacáin
genitive an mhealbhacáin na mealbhacán
dative leis an mealbhacán
don mhealbhacán 		leis na mealbhacáin

Derived terms

  • mealbhacán uisce (“watermelon”)
  • buidéal mealbhacáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of mealbhacán
radical lenition eclipsis
mealbhacán mhealbhacán not applicable

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

Further reading

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