Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English machine (assimilated to the suffix -ín, from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine”), from Ancient Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́), Doric form of μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ, “a machine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
meaisín m (genitive singular meaisín, nominative plural meaisíní)
- machine (mechanical or electrical device)
- Synonym: inneall
Declension
Declension of meaisín (fourth declension)
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Derived terms
- meaisín caife m (“coffee machine, coffeemaker”)
- meaisín cardála m (“carding-machine, carder”)
- meaisín gearrtha sliotán m (“slotting-machine”)
- meaisín níocháin m (“washing-machine, washer”)
- meaisín sliotáin m (“slot-machine”)
- meaisín stampaí m (“stamp-machine”)
- meaisín ticéad m (“ticket machine”)
- meaisíndeilte (“machine-turned”, adjective)
- meaisíneoir m (“machinist”)
- meaisínghunna m (“machine gun”)
- meaisínigh (“machine”, verb)
Mutation
Mutated forms of meaisín
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lenition
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eclipsis
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mheaisín
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not applicable
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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) “meaisín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “machine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “maisín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 701; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN