feochadán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

feochadán m (genitive singular feochadáin, nominative plural feochadáin)

  1. thistle

Declension
Declension of feochadán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative feochadán feochadáin
Vocative a fheochadáin a fheochadána
Genitive feochadáin feochadán
Dative feochadán feochadáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an feochadán na feochadáin
Genitive an fheochadáin na bhfeochadán
Dative leis an bhfeochadán

don fheochadán

 leis na feochadáin

Derived terms
  • canach feochadáin (“thistle-down”)
  • dealg feochadáin (“thistle-thorn”)
  • feochadán colgach (“spear thistle”)
  • feochadán corraigh (“marsh thistle”)
  • feochadán mín, feochadán baineann (“carline thistle”)
  • feochadán Muire (“milk thistle”)
  • feochadán reatha (“creeping thistle”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
feochadán fheochadán bhfeochadán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “feochadán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “thistle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023
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