hairicín

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English hurricane, substituting the diminutive ending -ín by folk etymology.

Noun

hairicín m (genitive singular hairicín, nominative plural hairicíní)

  1. (meteorology) hurricane

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