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Irish
Etymology
From iall (“flock”) + -ín.
Pronunciation
Noun
éillín m (genitive singular éillín, nominative plural éillíní)
- brood (young of certain animals, especially birds)
- Synonym: ál
- clutch (brood of chickens or sitting of eggs)
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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éillín
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n-éillín
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héillín
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t-éillín
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “éillín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éillín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61