feochadán

feochadán

Irish

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 corraigh (“marsh thistle”)
• feochadán mín, feochadán baineann (“carline thistle”)
• feochadán Muire (“milk thistle”)
• feochadán reatha (“creeping thistle”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feochadán	fheochadán	bhfeochadán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "feochadán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “thistle” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.