oisín

See also: Oisín, óisín, and öisin

Irish

Etymology

From os (“deer”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /əˈʃiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʃiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌʃinʲ/

Noun

oisín m (genitive singular oisín, nominative plural oisíní)

1. diminutive of os
2. fawn (young deer)

Declension

Declension of oisín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative oisín oisíní vocative a oisín a oisíní genitive oisín oisíní dative oisín oisíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-oisín na hoisíní genitive an oisín na n-oisíní dative leis an oisín don oisín leis na hoisíní

Derived terms

• oisín róin m (“young seal”)
• Oisín m (“Ossian”, proper noun)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of oisín

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oisín	n-oisín	hoisín	t-oisín

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) “oisín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “oisín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “oisín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• oisén

Etymology

From oss (“deer”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɕiːnʲ/

Noun

oisín m

1. fawn (baby deer)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• Oisín

Mutation

Mutation of oisín

radical	lenition	nasalization
oisín	unchanged	n-oisín

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oisén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language