cocún

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cocoon, from French cocon, a diminutive of coque (“shell”).

Noun

cocún m (genitive singular cocúin, nominative plural cocúin)

  1. (entomology) cocoon

Declension
Declension of cocún

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cocún cocúin
Vocative a chocúin a chocúna
Genitive cocúin cocún
Dative cocún cocúin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cocún na cocúin
Genitive an chocúin na gcocún
Dative leis an gcocún

don chocún

 leis na cocúin

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

Further reading
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