cafairín

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Irish

Noun

cafairín m (genitive singular cafairín, nominative plural cafairíní)

  1. Alternative form of caifirín (“head-shawl”)

Declension

Declension of cafairín (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cafairín cafairíní
vocative a chafairín a chafairíní
genitive cafairín cafairíní
dative cafairín cafairíní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cafairín na cafairíní
genitive an chafairín na gcafairíní
dative leis an gcafairín
don chafairín 		leis na cafairíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of cafairín
radical lenition eclipsis
cafairín chafairín gcafairín

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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