abhaicín

Irish

Etymology

From abhac +‎ -ín.

Noun

abhaicín m (genitive singular abhaicín, nominative plural abhaicíní)

1. manikin, runt

Declension

Declension of abhaicín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative abhaicín abhaicíní vocative a abhaicín a abhaicíní genitive abhaicín abhaicíní dative abhaicín abhaicíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-abhaicín na habhaicíní genitive an abhaicín na n-abhaicíní dative leis an abhaicín don abhaicín leis na habhaicíní

Derived terms

• abhaicín gairdín (“garden gnome”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of abhaicín

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abhaicín	n-abhaicín	habhaicín	t-abhaicín

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

Further reading

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