cillín

Irish

Etymology

From cill (“cell; church”) +‎ -ín (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ciːˈlʲiːnʲ]

Noun

cillín m (genitive singular cillín, nominative plural cillíní)

  1. cell
  2. hoard, nest egg
  3. An unconsecrated burial ground for unbaptised children
  4. A small church

Declension
Declension of cillín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cillín cillíní
Vocative a chillín a chillíní
Genitive cillín cillíní
Dative cillín cillíní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cillín na cillíní
Genitive an chillín na gcillíní
Dative leis an gcillín

don chillín

 leis na cillíní

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cillín chillín gcillín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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