acordán

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English accordion, assimilated to the suffix -án.

Noun

acordán m (genitive singular acordáin, nominative plural acordáin)

1. (music) accordion

   Synonym: cairdín

Declension

Declension of acordán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative acordán acordáin vocative a acordáin a acordána genitive acordáin acordán dative acordán acordáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-acordán na hacordáin genitive an acordáin na n-acordán dative leis an acordán don acordán leis na hacordáin

Related terms

• cairdíneoir m (“accordionist”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of acordán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
acordán	n-acordán	hacordán	t-acordán

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) “acordán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN