adhartán

Irish

Etymology

From adhairt (“bolster, pillow”) +‎ -án.

Noun

adhartán m (genitive singular adhartáin, nominative plural adhartáin)

1. cushion

   Synonym: cúisín

2. (surgery) compress
3. lump

Declension

Declension of adhartán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative adhartán adhartáin vocative a adhartáin a adhartána genitive adhartáin adhartán dative adhartán adhartáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-adhartán na hadhartáin genitive an adhartáin na n-adhartán dative leis an adhartán don adhartán leis na hadhartáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhartán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhartán	n-adhartán	hadhartán	t-adhartán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhartán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhartán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm