dlaoinín

Irish

Etymology

From dlaoi (“wisp, tuft; lock, tress; bundle of thatch; covering (of thatch, hair); strand; strip (of bark, of skin)”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

dlaoinín m (genitive singular dlaoinín, nominative plural dlaoiníní)

1. diminutive of dlaoi
2. Synonym of dlaíóg (“(little) wisp; single stalk, blade; strand; strip”)

Declension

Declension of dlaoinín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dlaoinín dlaoiníní Vocative a dhlaoinín a dhlaoiníní Genitive dlaoinín dlaoiníní Dative dlaoinín dlaoiníní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dlaoinín na dlaoiníní Genitive an dlaoinín na ndlaoiníní Dative leis an dlaoinín don dlaoinín leis na dlaoiníní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dlaoinín	dhlaoinín	ndlaoinín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dlaíóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN