cillín

Irish

Etymology

From cill (“cell; church”) +‎ -ín (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /cɪˈlʲiːnʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈcɪlʲiːnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcɪlʲinʲ/

Noun

cillín m (genitive singular cillín, nominative plural cillíní)

  1. cell
  2. hoard, nest egg
  3. an unconsecrated burial ground for unbaptised children
  4. a small church

Declension

Declension of cillín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cillín cillíní
vocative a chillín a chillíní
genitive cillín cillíní
dative cillín cillíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cillín na cillíní
genitive an chillín na gcillíní
dative leis an gcillín
don chillín 		leis na cillíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of cillín
radical lenition eclipsis
cillín chillín gcillín

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

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