dreoilín

Irish

Alternative forms

• dreolán

Etymology

From Middle Irish dreóllán, dreoillén.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /dʲɾʲoːˈlʲiːnʲ/, [dʲɾʲoːi̯ˈlʲiːnʲ]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɾʲoːlʲiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɔːlʲinʲ/

Noun

dreoilín m (genitive singular dreoilín, nominative plural dreoilíní)

1. wren

Declension

Declension of dreoilín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dreoilín dreoilíní Vocative a dhreoilín a dhreoilíní Genitive dreoilín dreoilíní Dative dreoilín dreoilíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dreoilín na dreoilíní Genitive an dreoilín na ndreoilíní Dative leis an dreoilín don dreoilín leis na dreoilíní

Derived terms

• dreoilín donn (“Eurasian wren”)
• Lá an Dreoilín (“Wren Day”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dreoilín	dhreoilín	ndreoilín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dreoilín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dreol(l)án”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dreoillén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language