micreafón

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English microphone. By surface analysis, micrea- (“micro-”) +‎ -fón (“-phone”).

Noun

micreafón m (genitive singular micreafóin, nominative plural micreafóin)

1. microphone

Declension

Declension of micreafón (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative micreafón micreafóin vocative a mhicreafóin a mhicreafóna genitive micreafóin micreafón dative micreafón micreafóin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an micreafón na micreafóin genitive an mhicreafóin na micreafón dative leis an micreafón don mhicreafón leis na micreafóin

Mutation

Mutated forms of micreafón

radical	lenition	eclipsis
micreafón	mhicreafón	not applicable

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) “micreafón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN