méaracán
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From méar (“finger”) + -acán.
Noun
[edit]méaracán m (genitive singular méaracáin, nominative plural méaracáin)
Declension
[edit]Declension of méaracán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- cas méaracán (“thimble-case”)
- cleas na méaracán (“thimble-rigging”)
- fear méaracán, fear na méaracán (“thimble-rigger”)
- lán méaracáin m (“thimbleful”)
- méaracán dearg, méaracán púca, méaracán síogaí, méaracáin na mban sí (“purple foxglove”)
- méaracán gorm (“bluebell, harebell”)
- méaracán táilliúra (“tailor's, open-ended, thimble”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
méaracán | mhéaracán | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “méaracán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “méaracán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “méaracán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024