filltín

Irish

Etymology

From fillte +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

filltín m (genitive singular filltín, nominative plural filltíní)

1. crease, crinkle, pucker, ruckle

Declension

Declension of filltín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative filltín filltíní vocative a fhilltín a fhilltíní genitive filltín filltíní dative filltín filltíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an filltín na filltíní genitive an fhilltín na bhfilltíní dative leis an bhfilltín don fhilltín leis na filltíní

Derived terms

• mionfhilltín

Mutation

Mutated forms of filltín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
filltín	fhilltín	bhfilltín

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) “filltín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “filltín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “filltín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025