diúilicín

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

diúilicín m (genitive singular diúilicín, nominative plural diúilicíní)

  1. a mussel, particularly the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)
    Synonym: iascán
  2. shrimp (small person)

Declension

Declension of diúilicín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative diúilicín diúilicíní
vocative a dhiúilicín a dhiúilicíní
genitive diúilicín diúilicíní
dative diúilicín diúilicíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an diúilicín na diúilicíní
genitive an diúilicín na ndiúilicíní
dative leis an diúilicín
don diúilicín 		leis na diúilicíní

Derived terms

  • diúilicíneach (“tiny-shelled”)
  • diúilicín capaill (“horse mussel”)
  • diúilicín riabhach (“zebra mussel”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of diúilicín
radical lenition eclipsis
diúilicín dhiúilicín ndiúilicín

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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