aircín

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

aircín m (genitive singular aircín, nominative plural aircíní)

1. creek

Synonyms

• caolán
• crompán

Etymology 2

From arc (“piglet; diminutive animal or person”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

aircín m (genitive singular aircín, nominative plural aircíní)

1. diminutive creature

Declension

Declension of aircín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aircín aircíní vocative a aircín a aircíní genitive aircín aircíní dative aircín aircíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aircín na haircíní genitive an aircín na n-aircíní dative leis an aircín don aircín leis na haircíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of aircín

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aircín	n-aircín	haircín	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) “aircín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN