doirnín

Irish

Alternative forms

• diuirnín, duirnín
• dúirnín (superseded)

Etymology

From dorn +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɨ̞ɾˠn̠ʲinʲ/

Noun

doirnín m (genitive singular doirnín, nominative plural doirníní)

1. handle (of a scythe, spade, oar, drawer etc.)

Declension

Declension of doirnín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative doirnín doirníní vocative a dhoirnín a dhoirníní genitive doirnín doirníní dative doirnín doirníní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an doirnín na doirníní genitive an doirnín na ndoirníní dative leis an doirnín don doirnín leis na doirníní

Mutation

Mutated forms of doirnín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
doirnín	dhoirnín	ndoirnín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “doirnín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 255
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “doirnín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN