igín

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From eag, alternative form of eang (“notch, gap”), + -ín.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

igín m (genitive singular igín, nominative plural igíní)

  1. (nautical) pendant (short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles)

Declension

Declension of igín (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative igín igíní
vocative a igín a igíní
genitive igín igíní
dative igín igíní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-igín na higíní
genitive an igín na n-igíní
dative leis an igín
don igín 		leis na higíní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
igín n-igín higín t-igín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uiginn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  2. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “igín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 92

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