cangarú

See also: cangaru

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”).

Noun

cangarú m (genitive singular cangarú, nominative plural cangarúnna)

1. kangaroo (animal)

Declension

Declension of cangarú (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cangarú cangarúnna vocative a changarú a changarúnna genitive cangarú cangarúnna dative cangarú cangarúnna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cangarú na cangarúnna genitive an changarú na gcangarúnna dative leis an gcangarú don changarú leis na cangarúnna

Derived terms

• cangarú crainn
• cangarú francaigh
• cangarú glas iartharach
• cangarú glas oirthearach
• cangarú rua

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of cangarú

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cangarú	changarú	gcangarú

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) “cangarú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cangarú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cangarú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024