túcán

See also: tucan and tucán

Irish

Etymology

From French toucan or Portuguese/Spanish tucán, from Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.

Noun

túcán m (genitive singular túcáin, nominative plural túcáin)

  1. toucan
  2. (textiles) duck

Declension

Declension of túcán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative túcán túcáin
vocative a thúcáin a thúcána
genitive túcáin túcán
dative túcán túcáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an túcán na túcáin
genitive an túcáin na dtúcán
dative leis an túcán
don túcán 		leis na túcáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of túcán
radical lenition eclipsis
túcán thúcán dtúcán

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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