péirlín

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

péirlín m (genitive singular péirlín, nominative plural péirlíní)

1. lawn (linen)

Declension

Declension of péirlín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative péirlín péirlíní vocative a phéirlín a phéirlíní genitive péirlín péirlíní dative péirlín péirlíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an péirlín na péirlíní genitive an phéirlín na bpéirlíní dative leis an bpéirlín don phéirlín leis na péirlíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of péirlín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
péirlín	phéirlín	bpéirlín

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “péirlín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “péirlín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024