gealacán

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Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Scottish Gaelic gealagan.

Noun

gealacán m (genitive singular gealacáin, nominative plural gealacáin)

  1. white (of egg, of eye)
  2. (anatomy) kneecap

Declension

Synonyms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gealacán ghealacán ngealacán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gealacán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • egg+white”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • white”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024