muirnín

Irish

Etymology

From muirn (“affection”) +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠuːɾˠˈnʲiːnʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠuːɾˠn̠ʲiːnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠʌɾˠn̠ʲinʲ/[1]

Noun

muirnín m (genitive singular muirnín, nominative plural muirníní)

  1. darling, beloved, sweetheart

Declension

Declension of muirnín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative muirnín muirníní
vocative a mhuirnín a mhuirníní
genitive muirnín muirníní
dative muirnín muirníní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an muirnín na muirníní
genitive an mhuirnín na muirníní
dative leis an muirnín
don mhuirnín 		leis na muirníní

Descendants

  • → English: avourneen, mavourneen
  • → Yola: a voorneen

Mutation

Mutated forms of muirnín
radical lenition eclipsis
muirnín mhuirnín 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

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97

Further reading

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