ruacan

Irish

Alternative forms
  • ruacán

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɾˠuəkənˠ/

Noun

ruacan m (genitive singular ruacain, nominative plural ruacain)

  1. cockle (bivalve)
    Synonyms: gruán, sruán

Declension
Declension of ruacan

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ruacan ruacain
Vocative a ruacain a ruacana
Genitive ruacain ruacan
Dative ruacan ruacain

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ruacan na ruacain
Genitive an ruacain na ruacan
Dative leis an ruacan

don ruacan

 leis na ruacain

Further reading
  • “ruacan”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ruacán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 580
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ruacan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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