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
singular plural
nominative adhaircín adhaircíní
vocative a adhaircín a adhaircíní
genitive adhaircín adhaircíní
dative adhaircín adhaircíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-adhaircín na hadhaircíní
genitive an adhaircín na n-adhaircíní
dative leis an adhaircín
don adhaircín 		leis na hadhaircíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhaircín
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adhaircín n-adhaircín hadhaircín t-adhaircín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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