buaircín

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

buaircín m (genitive singular buaircín, nominative plural buaircíní)

1. (botany) cone
2. toggle-pin
3. guard (on tip of animal's horn)

Etymology 2

Noun

buaircín m (genitive singular buaircín, nominative plural buaircíní)

1. Alternative form of buairichín

Declension

Declension of buaircín (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative buaircín buaircíní vocative a bhuaircín a bhuaircíní genitive buaircín buaircíní dative buaircín buaircíní forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an buaircín na buaircíní genitive an bhuaircín na mbuaircíní dative leis an mbuaircín don bhuaircín leis na buaircíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of buaircín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buaircín	bhuaircín	mbuaircín

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) “buaircín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN