dreoilín
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish dreóllán, dreoillén.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /dʲɾʲoːˈlʲiːnʲ/, [dʲɾʲoːi̯ˈlʲiːnʲ][1]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲoːlʲiːnʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɔːlʲinʲ/
Noun
[edit]dreoilín m (genitive singular dreoilín, nominative plural dreoilíní)
Declension
[edit]Declension of dreoilín
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- dreoilín donn (“Eurasian wren”)
- Lá an Dreoilín (“Wren Day”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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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
[edit]- 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
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 18