geocán
Irish
Alternative forms
- deocán, diúcán
- geócán (obsolete)
Etymology
From geoc + -án.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɟoːˈkɑːn̪ˠ/, [ɟoːˈkɑ̃ːn̪ˠ]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɟoːkɑːnˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɟɔːkanˠ/
Noun
geocán m (genitive singular geocáin, nominative plural geocáin)
- (music) reed
- Synonym: feag
- windpipe
- Synonym: píobán
Declension
Declension of geocán
First declension
Bare forms:
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Further reading
- “geocán” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- “diúcán” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 246.
- “geocán” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 360.
- "geocán" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24