udalán

Irish

Etymology

Apprarently from udmhall (“unstable”) +‎ -án

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈuːd̪ˠəlˠanˠ/[1] (as if spelled údalán)

Noun

udalán m (genitive singular udaláin, nominative plural udaláin)

a swivel (piece to permit rotation)
Synonym: sclóin

Declension

Declension of udalán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	udalán	udaláin
Vocative	a udaláin	a udalána
Genitive	udaláin	udalán
Dative	udalán	udaláin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-udalán	na hudaláin
Genitive	an udaláin	na n-udalán
Dative	leis an udalán don udalán	leis na hudaláin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
udalán	n-udalán	hudalán	t-udalán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 20

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “udalán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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