oisín

See also: Oisín, óisín, and öisin

Irish

Etymology

From os (“deer”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

oisín m (genitive singular oisín, nominative plural oisíní)

  1. diminutive of os
  2. fawn (young deer)

Declension

Declension of oisín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative oisín oisíní
vocative a oisín a oisíní
genitive oisín oisíní
dative oisín oisíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-oisín na hoisíní
genitive an oisín na n-oisíní
dative leis an oisín
don oisín 		leis na hoisíní

Derived terms

  • oisín róin m (“young seal”)
  • Oisín m (“Ossian”, proper noun)

Mutation

Mutated forms of oisín
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oisín n-oisín hoisín t-oisín

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

Further reading

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From oss (“deer”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoɕiːnʲ/

Noun

oisín m

  1. fawn (baby deer)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of oisín
radical lenition nasalization
oisín
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-oisín

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

References

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