oisín

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See also: Oisín, óisín, and öisin

Irish

Etymology

From os (“deer”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

oisín m (genitive singular oisín, nominative plural oisíní)

  1. diminutive of os
  2. fawn (young deer)

Declension

Declension of oisín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative oisín oisíní
Vocative a oisín a oisíní
Genitive oisín oisíní
Dative oisín oisíní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-oisín na hoisíní
Genitive an oisín na n-oisíní
Dative leis an oisín

don oisín

leis na hoisíní

Derived terms

Mutation

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

Further reading

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From oss (“deer”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

oisín m

  1. fawn (baby deer)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
oisín unchanged n-oisín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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