torcán

Irish

Etymology

From torc (“wild boar”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /̪tˠəɾˠˈkɑːn̪ˠ/

Noun

torcán m (genitive singular torcáin, nominative plural torcáin)

  1. porcupine

Declension

Declension of torcán (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative torcán torcáin
vocative a thorcán a thorcáin
genitive torcáin torcáin
dative torcán torcáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an torcán na torcáin
genitive an torcáin na dtorcáin
dative leis an torcán
don torcán 		leis na torcáin

Synonyms

  • torcán craobhach

Hyponyms

  • torcán cíorach (“crested porcupine”)
  • torcán crainn Meicsiceach (“Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of torcán
radical lenition eclipsis
torcán thorcán dtorcán

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

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “torcán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1234; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “torcán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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