páilín

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See also: pailin

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

páilín m (genitive singular páilín, nominative plural páilíní)

  1. (Christianity) pall (archbishop's vestment; cloth over coffin; Y-shaped design)
  2. pall (cloth over coffin)
  3. (heraldry) pall (Y-shaped design)

Declension

Declension of páilín (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative páilín páilíní
vocative a pháilín a pháilíní
genitive páilín páilíní
dative páilín páilíní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an páilín na páilíní
genitive an pháilín na bpáilíní
dative leis an bpáilín
don pháilín
leis na páilíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of páilín
radical lenition eclipsis
páilín pháilín bpáilín

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

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