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Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse ípsin or speni.
Compare Scottish Gaelic isbean.
Noun
ispín m (genitive singular ispín, nominative plural ispíní)
- sausage
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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ispín
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n-ispín
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hispín
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t-ispín
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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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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ispín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ispín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ispín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024