feochadán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

feochadán m (genitive singular feochadáin, nominative plural feochadáin)

1. thistle

Declension

Declension of feochadán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative feochadán feochadáin vocative a fheochadáin a fheochadána genitive feochadáin feochadán dative feochadán feochadáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an feochadán na feochadáin genitive an fheochadáin na bhfeochadán dative leis an bhfeochadán don fheochadán leis na feochadáin

Derived terms

• canach feochadáin (“thistle-down”)
• dealg feochadáin (“thistle-thorn”)
• feochadán colgach (“spear thistle”)
• feochadán corraigh (“marsh thistle”)
• feochadán mín, feochadán baineann (“carline thistle”)
• feochadán Muire (“milk thistle”)
• feochadán reatha (“creeping thistle”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of feochadán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
feochadán	fheochadán	bhfeochadán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feochadán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “thistle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024