mandairín

Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English mandarin, from Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri, and its source, Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, agent suffix).

Noun

mandairín m (genitive singular mandairín, nominative plural mandairíní)

  1. (historical, politics, derogatory) mandarin (high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire, etc.)
Derived terms
  • bóna mandairín m (“mandarin collar”)
  • mandairín maigeach (“nodding mandarin”)
  • Mandairínis f (“Mandarin Chinese”) (language)
  • seaicéad mandairín m (“mandarin jacket”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mandarin, mandarine, from French mandarine, feminine of mandarin, probably formed as Etymology 1, above, from the yellow colour of the mandarins' costume.

Noun

mandairín m (genitive singular mandairín, nominative plural mandairíní)

  1. mandarine, mandarin orange
Derived terms
  • crann mandairíní m (“mandarin orange tree”)

Declension

Declension of mandairín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative mandairín mandairíní
vocative a mhandairín a mhandairíní
genitive mandairín mandairíní
dative mandairín mandairíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mandairín na mandairíní
genitive an mhandairín na mandairíní
dative leis an mandairín
don mhandairín 		leis na mandairíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of mandairín
radical lenition eclipsis
mandairín mhandairín not applicable

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

References

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