dreoilín

Irish

Alternative forms

• dreolán

Etymology

From Middle Irish dreóllán, dreoillén.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /dʲɾʲoːˈlʲiːnʲ/, [dʲɾʲoːi̯ˈlʲiːnʲ]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɾʲoːlʲiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɔːlʲinʲ/

Noun

dreoilín m (genitive singular dreoilín, nominative plural dreoilíní)

1. wren

Declension

Declension of dreoilín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dreoilín dreoilíní vocative a dhreoilín a dhreoilíní genitive dreoilín dreoilíní dative dreoilín dreoilíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dreoilín na dreoilíní genitive an dreoilín na ndreoilíní dative leis an dreoilín don dreoilín leis na dreoilíní

Derived terms

• dreoilín donn (“Eurasian wren”)
• Lá an Dreoilín (“Wren Day”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dreoilín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dreoilín	dhreoilín	ndreoilín

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) “dreoilín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dreol(l)án”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dreoillén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language