"arcán" meaning in Irish

See arcán in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /aɾˠˈkɑːnˠ/ [Munster], /ˈaɾˠkɑːnˠ/ [Connacht], /ˈaɾˠkanˠ/ [Ulster] Forms: arcáin [genitive, singular], arcáin [nominative, plural]
Etymology: From Old Irish orcán, from orc (“pig”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos. By surface analysis, arc (“piglet”) + -án. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|orcán}} Old Irish orcán, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*ɸorkos}} Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*pórḱos}} Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos, {{surf|ga|arc|-án|t1=piglet}} By surface analysis, arc (“piglet”) + -án Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|arcáin|||||||nominative plural|arcáin|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} arcán m (genitive singular arcáin, nominative plural arcáin), {{ga-noun|m|arcáin|arcáin}} arcán m (genitive singular arcáin, nominative plural arcáin)
  1. piglet Tags: masculine Derived forms: arcán talún (english: aardvark, anteater), cnó arcáin (english: pig-nut), grán arcáin (english: pilewort, lesser celandine)
    Sense id: en-arcán-ga-noun-M1isvpOR Categories (other): Irish terms suffixed with -án, Baby animals, Pigs Disambiguation of Baby animals: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pigs: 83 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /aɾˠˈkɑːnˠ/ [Munster], /ˈaɾˠkɑːnˠ/ [Connacht], /ˈaɾˠkanˠ/ [Ulster]
Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|arcáin|||||||nominative plural|arcáin|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} arcán m (genitive singular arcáin, nominative plural arcáin), {{ga-noun|m|arcáin|arcáin}} arcán m (genitive singular arcáin, nominative plural arcáin) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut|msn}} Forms: arcáin [genitive, singular], arcáin [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], arcán [indefinite, nominative, singular], arcáin [indefinite, nominative, plural], a arcáin [indefinite, singular, vocative], a arcána [indefinite, plural, vocative], arcáin [genitive, indefinite, singular], arcán [genitive, indefinite, plural], arcán [dative, indefinite, singular], arcáin [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an t-arcán [definite, nominative, singular], na harcáin [definite, nominative, plural], an arcáin [definite, genitive, singular], na n-arcán [definite, genitive, plural], leis an arcán [dative, definite, singular], don arcán [dative, definite, singular], leis na harcáin [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], arcán [error-unrecognized-form], n-arcán [error-unrecognized-form], harcán [error-unrecognized-form], t-arcán [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. Alternative form of earcán (“blindworm, slow-worm”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, masculine Alternative form of: earcán (extra: blindworm, slow-worm)
    Sense id: en-arcán-ga-noun-asOi9VMu Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "an t-arcán",
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      "form": "na harcáin",
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    {
      "form": "don arcán",
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      "form": "leis na harcáin",
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "t-arcán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "arcáin",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "arcáin",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "arcán m (genitive singular arcáin, nominative plural arcáin)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "arcáin",
        "3": "arcáin"
      },
      "expansion": "arcán m (genitive singular arcáin, nominative plural arcáin)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "msn"
      },
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "blindworm, slow-worm",
          "word": "earcán"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of earcán (“blindworm, slow-worm”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "earcán",
          "earcán#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aɾˠˈkɑːnˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaɾˠkɑːnˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaɾˠkanˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "arcán"
}

Download raw JSONL data for arcán meaning in Irish (5.9kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: arcán/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "arcán"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "arcán",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "arcán"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "arcán",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: arcán/Irish 'with h-prothesis' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "arcán"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "arcán",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: arcán/Irish 'with t-prothesis' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "arcán"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "arcán",
  "trace": ""
}

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