udalán

Irish

Etymology

Apprarently from udmhall (“unstable”) +‎ -án

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈuːd̪ˠəlˠanˠ/[1] (as if spelled údalán)

Noun

udalán m (genitive singular udaláin, nominative plural udaláin)

  1. a swivel (piece to permit rotation)
    Synonym: sclóin

Declension

Declension of udalán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative udalán udaláin
vocative a udaláin a udalána
genitive udaláin udalán
dative udalán udaláin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-udalán na hudaláin
genitive an udaláin na n-udalán
dative leis an udalán
don udalán 		leis na hudaláin

Mutation

Mutated forms of udalán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
udalán n-udalán hudalán t-udalán

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, page 20

Further reading

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