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Irish
Etymology
From cill (“cell; church”) + -ín (diminutive ending).
Pronunciation
Noun
cillín m (genitive singular cillín, nominative plural cillíní)
- cell
- hoard, nest egg
- an unconsecrated burial ground for unbaptised children
- a small church
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cillín
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chillín
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gcillín
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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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