alpachán

Irish

Etymology

From alp (“swallow whole, devour; grab”, transitive verb) +‎ -achán or alpach (“voracious, greedy; grabbing”) +‎ -án.

Noun

alpachán m (genitive singular alpacháin, nominative plural alpacháin)

1. Alternative form of alpán (“lump, chunk; chunky person”)
2. Alternative form of alpaire (“voracious eater; grabber; large stone”)
3. (informal, derogatory) pig (greedy person)

   Synonyms: craosaire, muc, pórc

Declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative alpachán alpacháin Vocative a alpacháin a alpachána Genitive alpacháin alpachán Dative alpachán alpacháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-alpachán na halpacháin Genitive an alpacháin na n-alpachán Dative leis an alpachán don alpachán leis na halpacháin

Declension of alpachán

First declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alpachán	n-alpachán	halpachán	t-alpachán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alpaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alpán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “alpachán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024