caibirlín

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cabairlín

Etymology

From an alteration of cabaire +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkabˠəɾˠl̠ʲinʲ/[1] (corresponding to the form cabairlín)

Noun

caibirlín m (genitive singular caibirlín, nominative plural caibirlíní)

  1. saucy-mouthed person
  2. small-mouthed person
  3. toothless person
  4. prattler

Declension

Declension of caibirlín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative caibirlín caibirlíní
vocative a chaibirlín a chaibirlíní
genitive caibirlín caibirlíní
dative caibirlín caibirlíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an caibirlín na caibirlíní
genitive an chaibirlín na gcaibirlíní
dative leis an gcaibirlín
don chaibirlín 		leis na caibirlíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of caibirlín
radical lenition eclipsis
caibirlín chaibirlín gcaibirlín

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, § 275, page 97

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