buaircín

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Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

buaircín m (genitive singular buaircín, nominative plural buaircíní)

  1. (botany) cone
  2. toggle-pin
  3. guard (on tip of animal's horn)

Etymology 2

Noun

buaircín m (genitive singular buaircín, nominative plural buaircíní)

  1. Alternative form of buairichín

Declension

Declension of buaircín (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative buaircín buaircíní
vocative a bhuaircín a bhuaircíní
genitive buaircín buaircíní
dative buaircín buaircíní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an buaircín na buaircíní
genitive an bhuaircín na mbuaircíní
dative leis an mbuaircín
don bhuaircín
leis na buaircíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of buaircín
radical lenition eclipsis
buaircín bhuaircín mbuaircín

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

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