pilirín

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

pilirín m (genitive singular pilirín, nominative plural piliríní)

1. pinafore

Declension

Declension of pilirín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative pilirín piliríní vocative a philirín a philiríní genitive pilirín piliríní dative pilirín piliríní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an pilirín na piliríní genitive an philirín na bpiliríní dative leis an bpilirín don philirín leis na piliríní

Mutation

Mutated forms of pilirín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pilirín	philirín	bpilirín

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