maothán

Irish

From Old Irish maethán (“gristle, cartilage; a tender shoot, twig, etc.”), equivalent to maoth +‎ -án.

maothán m (genitive singular maotháin, nominative plural maotháin)

soft part; (anatomy) lobe
flank
1. (anatomy) haw, third eyelid
  Synonym: maothán súile
2. (pathology) disease of haw
tender shoot

Declension of maothán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)	maotháin
Vocative	a mhaotháin	a mhaothána
Genitive	maotháin	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Dative	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)	maotháin

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)	na maotháin
Genitive	an mhaotháin	na Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Dative	leis an Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) don mhaothán	leis na maotháin

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

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