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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Alternative declension as a masculine

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
muinchille mhuinchille not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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 (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 232, page 117
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 288, page 102

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