dreoilín

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish dreóllán, dreoillén.

Pronunciation

Noun

dreoilín m (genitive singular dreoilín, nominative plural dreoilíní)

  1. wren

Declension

Declension of dreoilín (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative dreoilín dreoilíní
vocative a dhreoilín a dhreoilíní
genitive dreoilín dreoilíní
dative dreoilín dreoilíní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an dreoilín na dreoilíní
genitive an dreoilín na ndreoilíní
dative leis an dreoilín
don dreoilín
leis na dreoilíní

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dreoilín
radical lenition eclipsis
dreoilín dhreoilín ndreoilín

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

Further reading

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 18