dlaoinín

Irish

Etymology

From dlaoi (“wisp, tuft; lock, tress; bundle of thatch; covering (of thatch, hair); strand; strip (of bark, of skin)”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

dlaoinín m (genitive singular dlaoinín, nominative plural dlaoiníní)

  1. diminutive of dlaoi
  2. Synonym of dlaíóg (“(little) wisp; single stalk, blade; strand; strip”)

Declension
Declension of dlaoinín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dlaoinín dlaoiníní
Vocative a dhlaoinín a dhlaoiníní
Genitive dlaoinín dlaoiníní
Dative dlaoinín dlaoiníní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dlaoinín na dlaoiníní
Genitive an dlaoinín na ndlaoiníní
Dative leis an dlaoinín

don dlaoinín

 leis na dlaoiníní

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

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