féileacán

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish etelachán (little flying creature, butterfly), from etelach (flying, that flies) +‎ -án.

Noun

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féileacán m (genitive singular féileacáin, nominative plural féileacáin)

  1. butterfly

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
féileacán fhéileacán bhféileacán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.