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)

1. 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