cadhan
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish cadan (compare Scottish Gaelic cathan).
Noun[edit]
cadhan m (genitive singular cadhain, nominative plural cadhain)
- brent goose, brant goose
- barnacle goose
- Synonym: gé ghiúrainn
Declension[edit]
Declension of cadhan
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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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[edit]
- 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