caibirlín

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From an alteration of cabaire +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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caibirlín m (genitive singular caibirlín, nominative plural caibirlíní)

  1. saucy-mouthed person
  2. small-mouthed person
  3. toothless person
  4. prattler

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caibirlín chaibirlín gcaibirlín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97

Further reading

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