blonagán

Irish

Etymology

From blonag (“soft fat, lard”) +‎ -án.

Noun

blonagán m (genitive singular blonagáin, nominative plural blonagáin)

1. goosefoot

   Synonym: ceathrú chaorach

Declension

Declension of blonagán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative blonagán blonagáin Vocative a bhlonagáin a bhlonagána Genitive blonagáin blonagán Dative blonagán blonagáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an blonagán na blonagáin Genitive an bhlonagáin na mblonagán Dative leis an mblonagán don bhlonagán leis na blonagáin

Derived terms

• blonagán bán m (“white goosefoot”)
• blonagán dearg m (“red goosefoot”)
• blonagán Lochlannach m (“Swedish goosefoot”)
• blonagán síolach m (“many-seeded goosefoot”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
blonagán	bhlonagán	mblonagán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “blonagán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN