ceartán

== Irish == === Alternative forms === cartán (Ulster) === Etymology === From Middle Irish certán, from Old Irish cert (“louse, tick”). === Pronunciation === (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkaɾˠt̪ˠanˠ/ (corresponding to the form cartán) === Noun === ceartán m (genitive singular ceartáin, nominative plural ceartáin) tick ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ceartán caorach (“sheep-louse”) míol ceartáin (“crab-louse”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ceartán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 certán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language