casúirín

Irish

Etymology

From casúr (“hammer”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

casúirín m (genitive singular casúirín, nominative plural casúiríní)

  1. (anatomy) malleus

Declension

Declension of casúirín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative casúirín casúiríní
vocative a chasúirín a chasúiríní
genitive casúirín casúiríní
dative casúirín casúiríní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an casúirín na casúiríní
genitive an chasúirín na gcasúiríní
dative leis an gcasúirín
don chasúirín 		leis na casúiríní

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of casúirín
radical lenition eclipsis
casúirín chasúirín gcasúirín

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

Further reading

  • “malleus”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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