adhaircín

Irish

Etymology

From adharc (“horn, feeler”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

adhaircín m (genitive singular adhaircín, nominative plural adhaircíní)

1. diminutive of adharc (“horn”)
2. Alternative form of adharcán (“feeler, tentacle, antenna”)
3. a little horn or point
4. a lapwing (bird)

Declension

Declension of adhaircín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative adhaircín adhaircíní vocative a adhaircín a adhaircíní genitive adhaircín adhaircíní dative adhaircín adhaircíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-adhaircín na hadhaircíní genitive an adhaircín na n-adhaircíní dative leis an adhaircín don adhaircín leis na hadhaircíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhaircín

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhaircín	n-adhaircín	hadhaircín	t-adhaircín

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhaircín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhaircín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm