Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish dreóllán, dreoillén.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /dʲɾʲoːˈlʲiːnʲ/, [dʲɾʲoːi̯ˈlʲiːnʲ][1]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲoːlʲiːnʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɔːlʲinʲ/
Noun
dreoilín m (genitive singular dreoilín, nominative plural dreoilíní)
- wren
Declension
Declension of dreoilín (fourth declension)
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of dreoilín
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lenition
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eclipsis
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dhreoilín
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ndreoilín
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dreoilín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dreol(l)án”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dreoillén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language