murlán

Irish

Etymology

The Caighdeán Oifigiúil spelling of mudharlán (spelt muġarlán with unetymological lenited g in Patrick's Dineen's Foclóir Gaedhilge agus Béarla (1927)), an irregular change from mudharnán, from Old Irish mudornán (“ankle”), from Old Irish mudhorn (“ankle”) + -án (a diminutive suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠʊɾˠl̪ˠɑːn/

Noun

murlán m (genitive singular murláin, nominative plural murláin)

  1. knob
  2. door handle
  3. knuckleball
  4. small round object

Declension

Declension of murlán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative murlán murláin
vocative a mhurláin a mhurlána
genitive murláin murlán
dative murlán murláin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an murlán na murláin
genitive an mhurláin na murlán
dative leis an murlán
don mhurlán 		leis na murláin

Mutation

Mutated forms of murlán
radical lenition eclipsis
murlán mhurlán 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. ^ https://dil.ie/32674
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