smachtín

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From smacht (“subjection; restraint”) +‎ -ín (diminutive)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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smachtín m (genitive singular smachtín, nominative plural smachtíní)

  1. cudgel, baton, club, bludgeon, truncheon, blackjack
    Synonym: cleith
  2. short, stout person

Declension

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Declension of smachtín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative smachtín smachtíní
Vocative a smachtín a smachtíní
Genitive smachtín smachtíní
Dative smachtín smachtíní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an smachtín na smachtíní
Genitive an smachtín na smachtíní
Dative leis an smachtín

don smachtín

leis na smachtíní

References

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  1. ^ “smachtín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “smaiċtín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 658
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 263, page 93

Further reading

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