órang-útan

Irish

Etymology

From Malay orang utan.

Noun

órang-útan m (genitive singular órang-útain, nominative plural órang-útain)

1. orangutan

Declension

Declension of órang-útan

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative órang-útan órang-útain Vocative a órang-útain a órang-útana Genitive órang-útain órang-útan Dative órang-útan órang-útain

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-órang-útan na hórang-útain Genitive an órang-útain na n-órang-útan Dative leis an órang-útan don órang-útan leis na hórang-útain

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
órang-útan	n-órang-útan	hórang-útan	t-órang-útan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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