muisiriún

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin *mussiriō.

Noun

muisiriún m (genitive singular muisiriúin, nominative plural muisiriúin)

  1. mushroom
    Synonym: beacán

Declension

Declension of muisiriún (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative muisiriún muisiriúin
vocative a mhuisiriúin a mhuisiriúna
genitive muisiriúin muisiriún
dative muisiriún muisiriúin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an muisiriún na muisiriúin
genitive an mhuisiriúin na muisiriún
dative leis an muisiriún
don mhuisiriún
leis na muisiriúin

Derived terms

  • anraith muisiriún m (mushroom soup)
  • feirm mhuisiriún f (mushroom farm)
  • muisiriún cnaipe m (button mushroom)
  • muisiriún fiáin m (wild mushroom)
  • muisiriún mire m (magic mushroom)
  • muisiriúnach (mushroom, adjective) (attributive)

Mutation

Mutated forms of muisiriún
radical lenition eclipsis
muisiriún mhuisiriún not applicable

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

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