meaisín

Irish

Alternative forms

• maisín

Etymology

Borrowed from English machine (assimilated to the suffix -ín, from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine”), from Ancient Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́), Doric form of μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ, “a machine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲəˈʃiːnʲ/

Noun

meaisín m (genitive singular meaisín, nominative plural meaisíní)

1. machine (mechanical or electrical device)

   Synonym: inneall

Declension

Declension of meaisín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative meaisín meaisíní vocative a mheaisín a mheaisíní genitive meaisín meaisíní dative meaisín meaisíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an meaisín na meaisíní genitive an mheaisín na meaisíní dative leis an meaisín don mheaisín leis na meaisíní

• Alternative plural: meaisíneann (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• meaisín caife m (“coffee machine, coffeemaker”)
• meaisín cardála m (“carding-machine, carder”)
• meaisín gearrtha sliotán m (“slotting-machine”)
• meaisín níocháin m (“washing-machine, washer”)
• meaisín sliotáin m (“slot-machine”)
• meaisín stampaí m (“stamp-machine”)
• meaisín ticéad m (“ticket machine”)
• meaisíndeilte (“machine-turned”, adjective)
• meaisíneoir m (“machinist”)
• meaisínghunna m (“machine gun”)
• meaisínigh (“machine”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of meaisín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meaisín	mheaisín	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meaisín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “machine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “maisín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society