cúisín

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cushion.

Noun

cúisín m (genitive singular cúisín, nominative plural cúisíní)

1. cushion

   Synonym: adhartán

Declension

Declension of cúisín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cúisín cúisíní Vocative a chúisín a chúisíní Genitive cúisín cúisíní Dative cúisín cúisíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cúisín na cúisíní Genitive an chúisín na gcúisíní Dative leis an gcúisín don chúisín leis na cúisíní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cúisín	chúisín	gcúisín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúisín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuisian”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuisin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cúisín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cúisín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024