cadhan

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cadan (compare Scottish Gaelic cathan).

Noun

cadhan m (genitive singular cadhain, nominative plural cadhain)

1. brent goose, brant goose
2. barnacle goose

   Synonym: gé ghiúrainn

Declension

Declension of cadhan

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cadhan cadhain Vocative a chadhain a chadhana Genitive cadhain cadhan Dative cadhan cadhain

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cadhan na cadhain Genitive an chadhain na gcadhan Dative leis an gcadhan don chadhan leis na cadhain

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cadhan	chadhan	gcadhan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cadhan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cadan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cadhan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cadhan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024