capaillín

Irish

Etymology

From capall (“horse”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

capaillín m (genitive singular capaillín, nominative plural capaillíní)

1. diminutive of capall
2. pony

   Synonyms: gearrchapall, pónaí

Declension

Declension of capaillín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative capaillín capaillíní vocative a chapaillín a chapaillíní genitive capaillín capaillíní dative capaillín capaillíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an capaillín na capaillíní genitive an chapaillín na gcapaillíní dative leis an gcapaillín don chapaillín leis na capaillíní

Derived terms

• capaillín Chonamara (“Connemara pony”)
• capaillín Sealtannach (“Shetland pony”)
• capaillín seó (“show pony”)
• capaillín Spáinneach (“jennet”)
• seó capaillíní (“pony show”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of capaillín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
capaillín	chapaillín	gcapaillín

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) “capaillín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “capaillín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “capaillín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024