ceirnín

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ceirnín (“dish, plate”).[1] By surface analysis, cearn (“drum-shaped vessel”) +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈcɛɾˠn̠ʲiːnʲ/

Noun

ceirnín f (genitive singular ceirnín, nominative plural ceirníní)

  1. record (vinyl disc on which sound is recorded)

Declension

Declension of ceirnín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceirnín ceirníní
vocative a cheirnín a cheirníní
genitive ceirnín ceirníní
dative ceirnín ceirníní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceirnín na ceirníní
genitive an cheirnín na gceirníní
dative leis an gceirnín
don cheirnín 		leis na ceirníní

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceirnín
radical lenition eclipsis
ceirnín cheirnín gceirnín

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ceirnín(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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