sléibhín

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

sléibhín m (genitive singular sléibhín, nominative plural sléibhíní)

1. black-headed gull (Chroicocephala ridibundus)

   Synonym: droimneach beag

Declension

Declension of sléibhín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sléibhín sléibhíní vocative a shléibhín a shléibhíní genitive sléibhín sléibhíní dative sléibhín sléibhíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sléibhín na sléibhíní genitive an tsléibhín na sléibhíní dative leis an sléibhín don sléibhín leis na sléibhíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of sléibhín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sléibhín	shléibhín after an, tsléibhín	not applicable

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) “sléibhín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sléibhín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm