cúisín

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cushion.

Noun

cúisín m (genitive singular cúisín, nominative plural cúisíní)

1. cushion

   Synonym: adhartán

Declension

Declension of cúisín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cúisín cúisíní vocative a chúisín a chúisíní genitive cúisín cúisíní dative cúisín cúisíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cúisín na cúisíní genitive an chúisín na gcúisíní dative leis an gcúisín don chúisín leis na cúisíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúisín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cúisín	chúisín	gcúisín

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) “cúisín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuisian”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuisin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cúisín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cúisín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025