muinchille

Irish

Alternative forms

• muinchilte, muinille, muinirthle, muinirtle

Etymology

From Old Irish muinchille, from Vulgar Latin *manicella, a diminutive of Latin manica.

Pronunciation

• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪnʲəɾˠhlʲə/ (corresponding to the form muinirthle); /ˈmˠɪlʲəɾˠtʲə/ (as if spelled muil(l)irte)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪɾʲhiːl̠ʲə/ (as if spelled muirthílle)

Noun

muinchille f or m (genitive singular muinchille, nominative plural muinchillí)

1. sleeve
2. (mechanical engineering) sleeve, sleeving

Declension

Declension of muinchille

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative muinchille muinchillí Vocative a mhuinchille a mhuinchillí Genitive muinchille muinchillí Dative muinchille muinchillí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhuinchille na muinchillí Genitive na muinchille na muinchillí Dative leis an muinchille don mhuinchille leis na muinchillí

Alternative declension as a masculine

Declension of muinchille

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative muinchille muinchillí Vocative a mhuinchille a mhuinchillí Genitive muinchille muinchillí Dative muinchille muinchillí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an muinchille na muinchillí Genitive an mhuinchille na muinchillí Dative leis an muinchille don mhuinchille leis na muinchillí

Derived terms

• banda muinchille (“wrist-band”)
• bosca muinchille (“coupling-sleeve”)
• comhla mhuinchille (“sleeve-valve”)
• muinchille fearsaide (“axle-sleeve”)
• muinchille léine (“shirt-sleeve”)
• suaitheantas muinchille (“arm-badge”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
muinchille	mhuinchille	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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