earrdheargán

Irish

Etymology

From earr (“end, tail”) +‎ dearg (“(bright) red”) +‎ án (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

earrdheargán m (genitive singular earrdheargáin, nominative plural earrdheargáin)

  1. redstart

Declension
Declension of earrdheargán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative earrdheargán earrdheargáin
Vocative a earrdheargáin a earrdheargána
Genitive earrdheargáin earrdheargán
Dative earrdheargán earrdheargáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-earrdheargán na hearrdheargáin
Genitive an earrdheargáin na n-earrdheargán
Dative leis an earrdheargán

don earrdheargán

 leis na hearrdheargáin

Derived terms
  • earrdheargán báneiteach m (“white-winged redstart”)
  • earrdheargán dubh m (“black redstart”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
earrdheargán n-earrdheargán hearrdheargán not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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