muirín

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠɪˈɾʲiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪɾʲiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪɾʲinʲ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish muiridin.

Noun

muirín f (genitive singular muiríne, nominative plural muiríneacha)

1. burden, encumbrance, charge (load, burden)
2. (large) family

Declension

Declension of muirín (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative muirín muiríneacha vocative a mhuirín a mhuiríneacha genitive muiríne muiríneacha dative muirín muiríneacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mhuirín na muiríneacha genitive na muiríne na muiríneacha dative leis an muirín don mhuirín leis na muiríneacha

Alternative forms

• muirghin, muirighean, muirighin

Derived terms

• muiríneach

Etymology 2

From muir (“sea”) +‎ -ín.

Noun

muirín m (genitive singular muirín, nominative plural muiríní)

1. scallop (mollusk)

Declension

Declension of muirín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative muirín muiríní vocative a mhuirín a mhuiríní genitive muirín muiríní dative muirín muiríní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an muirín na muiríní genitive an mhuirín na muiríní dative leis an muirín don mhuirín leis na muiríní

Derived terms

• muiríneadóir
• muirínteacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of muirín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
muirín	mhuirín	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

• “muirín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muirigin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muirín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN