caislín

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Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

caislín m (genitive singular caislín, nominative plural caislíní)

  1. chat (small Old World passerine bird in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From casla (“small harbour, creek”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

caislín m (genitive singular caislín, nominative plural caislíní)

  1. streamlet
Synonyms

Declension

Declension of caislín (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative caislín caislíní
vocative a chaislín a chaislíní
genitive caislín caislíní
dative caislín caislíní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an caislín na caislíní
genitive an chaislín na gcaislíní
dative leis an gcaislín
don chaislín 		leis na caislíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of caislín
radical lenition eclipsis
caislín chaislín gcaislín

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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