aircín

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

aircín m (genitive singular aircín, nominative plural aircíní)

  1. creek
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From arc (“piglet; diminutive animal or person”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

aircín m (genitive singular aircín, nominative plural aircíní)

  1. diminutive creature

Declension

Declension of aircín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aircín aircíní
vocative a aircín a aircíní
genitive aircín aircíní
dative aircín aircíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-aircín na haircíní
genitive an aircín na n-aircíní
dative leis an aircín
don aircín 		leis na haircíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of aircín
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aircín n-aircín haircín not applicable

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

References

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