meathlúchán

Irish

Etymology

meathlú +‎ -achán

Noun

meathlúchán m (genitive singular meathlúcháin)

1. decadence
2. degeneration, decline, deterioration

Declension

Declension of meathlúchán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative meathlúchán Vocative a mheathlúcháin Genitive meathlúcháin Dative meathlúchán

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an meathlúchán Genitive an mheathlúcháin Dative leis an meathlúchán don mheathlúchán

Synonyms

• meath

Derived terms

• néarmheathlúchán

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meathlúchán	mheathlúchán	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meathlúchán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meathlúchán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “meathlúchán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024