adhaircín

Irish

Etymology

From adharc (“horn, feeler”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

adhaircín m (genitive singular adhaircín, nominative plural adhaircíní)

1. Diminutive of adharc (“horn”)
2. Alternative form of adharcán (“feeler, tentacle, antenna”)
3. a little horn or point
4. a lapwing (bird)

Declension

Declension of adhaircín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative adhaircín adhaircíní Vocative a adhaircín a adhaircíní Genitive adhaircín adhaircíní Dative adhaircín adhaircíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-adhaircín na hadhaircíní Genitive an adhaircín na n-adhaircíní Dative leis an adhaircín don adhaircín leis na hadhaircíní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhaircín	n-adhaircín	hadhaircín	t-adhaircín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhaircín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “adhaircín” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.