Irish
- muinchilte, muinille, muinirthle, muinirtle[1]
Etymology
From Old Irish muinchille, from Vulgar Latin *manicella,[2] a diminutive of Latin manica.
Pronunciation
- (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɪnʲəɾˠhlʲə/ (corresponding to the form muinirthle); /ˈmˠɪlʲəɾˠtʲə/ (as if spelled muil(l)irte)[3]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɪnʲəl̠ʲə/ (as if spelled muinille), /ˈmˠɪlʲən̠ʲə/ (as if spelled muilinne)[4]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɪɾʲhiːl̠ʲə/[5] (as if spelled muirthílle)
Noun
muinchille f or m (genitive singular muinchille, nominative plural muinchillí)
- sleeve
- (mechanical engineering) sleeve, sleeving
Declension
Declension of muinchille (fourth declension)
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- Alternative declension as a masculine
Declension of muinchille (fourth declension)
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Derived terms
- banda muinchille (“wrist-band”)
- bosca muinchille (“coupling-sleeve”)
- comhla mhuinchille (“sleeve-valve”)
- muinchille fearsaide (“axle-sleeve”)
- muinchille léine (“shirt-sleeve”)
- suaitheantas muinchille (“arm-badge”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of muinchille
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lenition
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eclipsis
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mhuinchille
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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.
References
- ^ “muinchille”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muinchille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 232, page 117
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 557, page 103
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 288, page 102
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