dlaoinín

Irish

Etymology

From dlaoi (“wisp, tuft; lock, tress; bundle of thatch; covering (of thatch, hair); strand; strip (of bark, of skin)”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

dlaoinín m (genitive singular dlaoinín, nominative plural dlaoiníní)

1. diminutive of dlaoi
2. Synonym of dlaíóg (“(little) wisp; single stalk, blade; strand; strip”)

Declension

Declension of dlaoinín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dlaoinín dlaoiníní vocative a dhlaoinín a dhlaoiníní genitive dlaoinín dlaoiníní dative dlaoinín dlaoiníní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dlaoinín na dlaoiníní genitive an dlaoinín na ndlaoiníní dative leis an dlaoinín don dlaoinín leis na dlaoiníní

Mutation

Mutated forms of dlaoinín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dlaoinín	dhlaoinín	ndlaoinín

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