oisén

Old Irish

Etymology

From oss (“deer”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈosʲeːn/

Noun

oisén m

1. diminutive of oss
2. fawn (baby deer)

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• Oisén

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
oisén (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-oisén
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oisén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language