páilín

See also: pailin

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

páilín m (genitive singular páilín, nominative plural páilíní)

1. (Christianity) pall (archbishop's vestment; cloth over coffin; Y-shaped design)
2. pall (cloth over coffin)
3. (heraldry) pall (Y-shaped design)

Declension

Declension of páilín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative páilín páilíní vocative a pháilín a pháilíní genitive páilín páilíní dative páilín páilíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an páilín na páilíní genitive an pháilín na bpáilíní dative leis an bpáilín don pháilín leis na páilíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of páilín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
páilín	pháilín	bpáilín

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “páilín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “pall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “páilín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm