aidhnín

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

aidhnín m (genitive singular aidhnín, nominative plural aidhníní)

1. (mining, explosives) fuse

Declension

Declension of aidhnín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aidhnín aidhníní vocative a aidhnín a aidhníní genitive aidhnín aidhníní dative aidhnín aidhníní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aidhnín na haidhníní genitive an aidhnín na n-aidhníní dative leis an aidhnín don aidhnín leis na haidhníní

Derived terms

• aidhnín malldóite (“slow-burning fuse”)
• aidhnín mallghníomhach (“delayed-action fuse”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aidhnín

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aidhnín	n-aidhnín	haidhnín	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aidhnín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN