gealacán

Irish

Etymology

From geal (“white”) +‎ -acán. Compare Scottish Gaelic gealagan.

Noun

gealacán m (genitive singular gealacáin, nominative plural gealacáin)

  1. white (of egg, of eye)
  2. (anatomy) kneecap

Declension
Declension of gealacán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gealacán gealacáin
Vocative a ghealacáin a ghealacána
Genitive gealacáin gealacán
Dative gealacán gealacáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gealacán na gealacáin
Genitive an ghealacáin na ngealacán
Dative leis an ngealacán

don ghealacán

 leis na gealacáin

Synonyms

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

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gealacán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “egg+white”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • “white”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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