péacán

Irish

Etymology

From péac (“sprout, shoot”) +‎ -án

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /pʲeːˈkɑːn̪ˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲeːkɑːnˠ/, /ˈpʲeːkɑːn̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲeːkanˠ/, /ˈpʲeːkan̪ˠ/

Noun

péacán m (genitive singular péacáin, nominative plural péacáin)

sprout, shoot, plumule

Declension

Declension of péacán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	péacán	péacáin
Vocative	a phéacáin	a phéacána
Genitive	péacáin	péacán
Dative	péacán	péacáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an péacán	na péacáin
Genitive	an phéacáin	na bpéacán
Dative	leis an bpéacán don phéacán	leis na péacáin

Descendants

→ Yola: peacawn

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
péacán	phéacán	bpéacán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “péacán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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