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Irish
Etymology
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Noun
pailin f (genitive singular pailine)
- (botany) pollen
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| pailin
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phailin
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bpailin
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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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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pailin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “pollen”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pailin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm