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Irish
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman reysin (“dried sweet grape”), from Late Latin racīmus, from Latin racēmus. Assimilated to the suffix -ín.
Pronunciation
Noun
rísín m (genitive singular rísín, nominative plural rísíní)
- raisin, plum
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rísín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rísín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “rísín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024