péacán

Irish

Etymology

From péac (“sprout, shoot”) +‎ -án

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /pʲeːˈkɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈpʲeːkɑːnˠ/, /ˈpʲeːkɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpʲeːkanˠ/, /ˈpʲeːkan̪ˠ/

Noun

péacán m (genitive singular péacáin, nominative plural péacáin)

  1. sprout, shoot, plumule

Declension

Declension of péacán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative péacán péacáin
vocative a phéacáin a phéacána
genitive péacáin péacán
dative péacán péacáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an péacán na péacáin
genitive an phéacáin na bpéacán
dative leis an bpéacán
don phéacán 		leis na péacáin

Descendants

  • → Yola: peacawn

Mutation

Mutated forms of péacán
radical lenition eclipsis
péacán phéacán bpéacán

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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