ruacan

Irish

Alternative forms

  • ruacán

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾˠuəkənˠ/

Noun

ruacan m (genitive singular ruacain, nominative plural ruacain)

  1. cockle (bivalve)
    Synonyms: gruán, sruán

Declension

Declension of ruacan (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ruacan ruacain
vocative a ruacain a ruacana
genitive ruacain ruacan
dative ruacan ruacain
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ruacan na ruacain
genitive an ruacain na ruacan
dative leis an ruacan
don ruacan 		leis na ruacain

Further reading

  • “ruacan”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ruacán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 580
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ruacan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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