muisiriún

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin *mussiriō.

Noun

muisiriún m (genitive singular muisiriúin, nominative plural muisiriúin)

1. mushroom

   Synonym: beacán

Declension

Declension of muisiriún (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative muisiriún muisiriúin vocative a mhuisiriúin a mhuisiriúna genitive muisiriúin muisiriún dative muisiriún muisiriúin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an muisiriún na muisiriúin genitive an mhuisiriúin na muisiriún dative leis an muisiriún don mhuisiriún leis na muisiriúin

Derived terms

• anraith muisiriún m (“mushroom soup”)
• feirm mhuisiriún f (“mushroom farm”)
• muisiriún cnaipe m (“button mushroom”)
• muisiriún fiáin m (“wild mushroom”)
• muisiriún mire m (“magic mushroom”)
• muisiriúnach (“mushroom”, adjective) (attributive)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of muisiriún

radical	lenition	eclipsis
muisiriún	mhuisiriún	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) “muisiriún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “muisiriún”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024