adhaircín

Irish

Etymology

From adharc (“horn, feeler”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

adhaircín m (genitive singular adhaircín, nominative plural adhaircíní)

  1. diminutive of adharc (“horn”)
  2. Alternative form of adharcán (“feeler, tentacle, antenna”)
  3. a little horn or point
  4. a lapwing (bird)

Declension
Declension of adhaircín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative adhaircín adhaircíní
Vocative a adhaircín a adhaircíní
Genitive adhaircín adhaircíní
Dative adhaircín adhaircíní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-adhaircín na hadhaircíní
Genitive an adhaircín na n-adhaircíní
Dative leis an adhaircín

don adhaircín

 leis na hadhaircíní

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
adhaircín n-adhaircín hadhaircín t-adhaircín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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