flainín

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

flainín m (genitive singular flainín, nominative plural flainíní)

1. flannel

Declension

Declension of flainín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative flainín flainíní vocative a fhlainín a fhlainíní genitive flainín flainíní dative flainín flainíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an flainín na flainíní genitive an fhlainín na bhflainíní dative leis an bhflainín don fhlainín leis na flainíní

Derived terms

• flainíneach, flainínéad

Mutation

Mutated forms of flainín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
flainín	fhlainín	bhflainín

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “flainín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN