adhaircín

Irish

Etymology

From adharc (horn, feeler) + -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

adhaircín m (genitive singular adhaircín, nominative plural adhaircíní)

  1. diminutive of adharc (horn)
  2. Alternative form of adharcán (feeler, tentacle, antenna)
  3. a little horn or point
  4. a lapwing (bird)

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adhaircín n-adhaircín hadhaircín t-adhaircín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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