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Irish
Etymology
From maol (“bald”) + -ín.
Pronunciation
Noun
maoilín m (genitive singular maoilín, nominative plural maoilíní)
- hornless cow
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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maoilín
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mhaoilín
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not applicable
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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
- “maoilín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “maoilín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 465
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maoilín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN