peileacán

Irish

Etymology

From Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάνος (pelekános), assimilated to the suffix -acán.

Noun

peileacán m (genitive singular peileacáin, nominative plural peileacáin)

1. pelican

Declension

Declension of peileacán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative peileacán peileacáin Vocative a pheileacáin a pheileacána Genitive peileacáin peileacán Dative peileacán peileacáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an peileacán na peileacáin Genitive an pheileacáin na bpeileacán Dative leis an bpeileacán don pheileacán leis na peileacáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
peileacán	pheileacán	bpeileacán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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