cadhan

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cadan (compare Scottish Gaelic cathan).

Noun

cadhan m (genitive singular cadhain, nominative plural cadhain)

brent goose, brant goose
barnacle goose
Synonym: gé ghiúrainn

Declension

Declension of cadhan

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cadhan	cadhain
Vocative	a chadhain	a chadhana
Genitive	cadhain	cadhan
Dative	cadhan	cadhain

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cadhan	na cadhain
Genitive	an chadhain	na gcadhan
Dative	leis an gcadhan don chadhan	leis na cadhain

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cadhan	chadhan	gcadhan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cadhan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cadan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “cadhan” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “cadhan” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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