buailtín

Irish

Alternative forms

  • buailteán

Etymology

From buailte +‎ -ín

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠuəl̠ʲtʲiːnʲ/, [ˈbˠui̯l̠ʲtʲinʲ][1]

Noun

buailtín m (genitive singular buailtín, nominative plural buailtíní)

  1. striking wattle on a flail

Declension

Declension of buailtín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative buailtín buailtíní
vocative a bhuailtín a bhuailtíní
genitive buailtín buailtíní
dative buailtín buailtíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an buailtín na buailtíní
genitive an bhuailtín na mbuailtíní
dative leis an mbuailtín
don bhuailtín
leis na buailtíní

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of buailtín
radical lenition eclipsis
buailtín bhuailtín mbuailtín

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 152, page 59

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