murlán

Irish

Etymology

The Caighdeán Oifigiúil spelling of mudharlán (spelt muġarlán with unetymological lenited g in Patrick's Dineen's Foclóir Gaedhilge agus Béarla (1927)), an irregular change from mudharnán, from Old Irish mudornán (“ankle”), from Old Irish mudhorn (“ankle”) + -án (a diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʊɾˠl̪ˠɑːn/

Noun

murlán m (genitive singular murláin, nominative plural murláin)

1. knob
2. door handle
3. knuckleball
4. small round object

Declension

Declension of murlán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative murlán murláin vocative a mhurláin a mhurlána genitive murláin murlán dative murlán murláin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an murlán na murláin genitive an mhurláin na murlán dative leis an murlán don mhurlán leis na murláin

Mutation

Mutated forms of murlán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
murlán	mhurlán	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.