meacan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish meccon.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmʲakən̪ˠ/, /ˈmʲakənˠ/
  • (Ulster, also) IPA(key): /ˈmʲakanˠ/, /ˈmʲakan̪ˠ/[2] (as if spelled meacán)

Noun

meacan m (genitive singular meacain, nominative plural meacain)

  1. root vegetable

Declension
Declension of meacan

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative meacan meacain
Vocative a mheacain a mheacana
Genitive meacain meacan
Dative meacan meacain

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an meacan na meacain
Genitive an mheacain na meacan
Dative leis an meacan

don mheacan

 leis na meacain

Derived terms
  • meacan bán
  • meacan biatais
  • meacan compair
  • meacan dearg

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
meacan mheacan not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mecon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 10, page 7

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish meccon. Cognate with Greek μήκων (míkon, “poppy”), Serbo-Croatian mak (“poppy”), and German Mohn (“poppy”), all believed to be from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂k-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛxkan/

Noun

meacan m (genitive singular meacain, plural meacanan)

  1. The root or bulb of a plant; now used mainly in compound words

Derived terms
  • meacan-buidhe (“carrot”)
  • meacan-dearg (“carrot”)
  • meacan-dogha (“greater burdock”)
  • meacan-dubh (“comfrey”)
  • meacan-rìgh (“parsnip”)
  • meacan-ruadh (“radish”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
meacanmheacan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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