gealacán

gealacán

Irish

Etymology

Compare Scottish Gaelic gealagan.

Noun

gealacán m (genitive singular gealacáin, nominative plural gealacáin)

1. white (of egg, of eye)
2. (anatomy) kneecap

Declension

Declension of gealacán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gealacán gealacáin Vocative a ghealacáin a ghealacána Genitive gealacáin gealacán Dative gealacán gealacáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gealacán na gealacáin Genitive an ghealacáin na ngealacán Dative leis an ngealacán don ghealacán leis na gealacáin

Synonyms

• (white of egg): gealacán uibhe
• (white of eye): gealacán súile
• (kneecap): gealacán glúine

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gealacán	ghealacán	ngealacán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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