uiginn

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Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

uiginn f (genitive singular uigne, nominative plural uigneacha)

  1. Alternative form of igín (“pendant (short rope used to attach hooks)”)

Declension

Declension of uiginn (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative uiginn uigneacha
vocative a uiginn a uigneacha
genitive uigne uigneacha
dative uiginn uigneacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an uiginn na huigneacha
genitive na huigne na n-uigneacha
dative leis an uiginn
don uiginn 		leis na huigneacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of uiginn
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uiginn n-uiginn huiginn not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 92

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