tónacán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • tónacánaí (person sense)
  • tónacáil, tónacánacht (action sense)

Etymology

From tóin +‎ -acán.

Pronunciation

Noun

tónacán m (genitive singular tónacáin, nominative plural tónacáin)

  1. short, stumpy person
  2. (act of) moving or sliding on one’s backside

Declension

Declension of tónacán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tónacán tónacáin
vocative a thónacáin a thónacána
genitive tónacáin tónacán
dative tónacán tónacáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tónacán na tónacáin
genitive an tónacáin na dtónacán
dative leis an tónacán
don tónacán 		leis na tónacáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of tónacán
radical lenition eclipsis
tónacán thónacán dtónacán

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 477, page 152

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