Palaistín

Irish

Proper noun

An Phalaistín f (genitive na Palaistíne)

1. Palestine (a country in Asia)

Declension

Declension of Palaistín (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Palaistín vocative a Phalaistín genitive Palaistíne dative Palaistín forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Phalaistín genitive na Palaistíne dative leis an bPalaistín don Phalaistín

Derived terms

• Palaistíneach (“Palestinian”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Palaistín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Palaistín	Phalaistín	bPalaistín

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

Further reading

• “Palestine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Palaistín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm