túcán

See also: tucan and tucán

Irish

Etymology

From French toucan or Portuguese/Spanish tucán, from Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.

Noun

túcán m (genitive singular túcáin, nominative plural túcáin)

1. toucan
2. (textiles) duck

Declension

Declension of túcán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative túcán túcáin Vocative a thúcáin a thúcána Genitive túcáin túcán Dative túcán túcáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an túcán na túcáin Genitive an túcáin na dtúcán Dative leis an túcán don túcán leis na túcáin

Descendants

• → Yola: thokeawn (figurative)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
túcán	thúcán	dtúcán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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