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muinchille

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish muinchille, from Vulgar Latin *manicella,[2] a diminutive of Latin manica.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɪnʲəɾˠhlʲə/ (corresponding to the form muinirthle); /ˈmˠɪlʲəɾˠtʲə/ (as if spelled muil(l)irte)[3]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɪɾʲhiːl̠ʲə/[4] (as if spelled muirthílle)

Noun

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muinchille f or m (genitive singular muinchille, nominative plural muinchillí)

  1. sleeve
  2. (mechanical engineering) sleeve, sleeving

Declension

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Declension of muinchille (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative muinchille muinchillí
vocative a mhuinchille a mhuinchillí
genitive muinchille muinchillí
dative muinchille muinchillí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mhuinchille na muinchillí
genitive na muinchille na muinchillí
dative leis an muinchille
don mhuinchille
leis na muinchillí
Alternative declension as a masculine
Declension of muinchille (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative muinchille muinchillí
vocative a mhuinchille a mhuinchillí
genitive muinchille muinchillí
dative muinchille muinchillí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an muinchille na muinchillí
genitive an mhuinchille na muinchillí
dative leis an muinchille
don mhuinchille
leis na muinchillí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of muinchille
radical lenition eclipsis
muinchille mhuinchille 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

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  1. ^ muinchille”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muinchille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 232, page 117
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 288, page 102

Further reading

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