dlaoinín

Irish

Etymology

From dlaoi (“wisp, tuft; lock, tress; bundle of thatch; covering (of thatch, hair); strand; strip (of bark, of skin)”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

dlaoinín m (genitive singular dlaoinín, nominative plural dlaoiníní)

  1. diminutive of dlaoi
  2. synonym of dlaíóg (“(little) wisp; single stalk, blade; strand; strip”)

Declension

Declension of dlaoinín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dlaoinín dlaoiníní
vocative a dhlaoinín a dhlaoiníní
genitive dlaoinín dlaoiníní
dative dlaoinín dlaoiníní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dlaoinín na dlaoiníní
genitive an dlaoinín na ndlaoiníní
dative leis an dlaoinín
don dlaoinín 		leis na dlaoiníní

Mutation

Mutated forms of dlaoinín
radical lenition eclipsis
dlaoinín dhlaoinín ndlaoinín

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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