préchán
Middle Irish
Alternative forms
- prechan
- précháin
- preachán
- preachán
- préachán
Etymology
Derived from an earlier sense of "orator," "crier," borrowed from Latin praeco (“herald”).
Noun
préchán m
- bird of prey
Inflection
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Descendants
- Irish: préachán (“crow”)
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| préchán | phréchán | préchán pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “préchán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “preachan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN