maoilín

Irish

Etymology

From maol (“bald”) +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠiːˈlʲiːnʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠiːlʲiːnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠiːlʲinʲ/

Noun

maoilín m (genitive singular maoilín, nominative plural maoilíní)

  1. hornless cow

Declension

Declension of maoilín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative maoilín maoilíní
vocative a mhaoilín a mhaoilíní
genitive maoilín maoilíní
dative maoilín maoilíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an maoilín na maoilíní
genitive an mhaoilín na maoilíní
dative leis an maoilín
don mhaoilín 		leis na maoilíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of maoilín
radical lenition eclipsis
maoilín mhaoilín not applicable

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

Further reading

  • “maoilín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “maoilín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 465
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maoilín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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