mandairín

Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English mandarin, from Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri, and its source, Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, agent suffix).

Noun

mandairín m (genitive singular mandairín, nominative plural mandairíní)

  1. (historical, politics, derogatory) mandarin (high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire, etc.)

Derived terms
  • bóna mandairín m (“mandarin collar”)
  • Mandairínis f (“Mandarin Chinese”) (language)
  • mandairín maigeach (“nodding mandarin”)
  • seaicéad mandairín m (“mandarin jacket”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mandarin, mandarine, from French mandarine, feminine of mandarin, probably formed as Etymology 1, above, from the yellow colour of the mandarins' costume.

Noun

mandairín m (genitive singular mandairín, nominative plural mandairíní)

  1. mandarine, mandarin orange

Derived terms
  • crann mandairíní m (“mandarin orange tree”)

Declension
Declension of mandairín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mandairín mandairíní
Vocative a mhandairín a mhandairíní
Genitive mandairín mandairíní
Dative mandairín mandairíní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mandairín na mandairíní
Genitive an mhandairín na mandairíní
Dative leis an mandairín

don mhandairín

 leis na mandairíní

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mandairín mhandairín not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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