maipín

Irish

Etymology

From mapa (“mop”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

maipín m (genitive singular maipín, nominative plural maipíní)

1. diminutive of mapa (“mop”)
2. (medicine) swab
3. (medicine) sponge

Declension

Declension of maipín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative maipín maipíní vocative a mhaipín a mhaipíní genitive maipín maipíní dative maipín maipíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an maipín na maipíní genitive an mhaipín na maipíní dative leis an maipín don mhaipín leis na maipíní

Derived terms

• maipíneacht f (“swab (sample)”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of maipín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
maipín	mhaipín	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “maipín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025