fadharcán

Irish

Alternative forms

• adharcán

Etymology

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Noun

fadharcán m (genitive singular fadharcáin, nominative plural fadharcáin)

1. knot (in timber), protuberance (on tree), lump (on body)
2. corn (on foot); callosity
3. troublesome person

Declension

Declension of adharcán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative adharcán adharcáin Vocative a adharcáin a adharcána Genitive adharcáin adharcán Dative adharcán adharcáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-adharcán na hadharcáin Genitive an adharcáin na n-adharcán Dative leis an adharcán don adharcán leis na hadharcáin

Derived terms

• fadharcánach (“knotted, gnarled; callous; lumpy, protuberant”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fadharcán	fhadharcán	bhfadharcán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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