caislín
Irish
Etymology 1
Noun
caislín m (genitive singular caislín, nominative plural caislíní)
- chat (small Old World passerine bird in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae)
Derived terms
Terms derived from caislín
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Etymology 2
From casla (“small harbour, creek”) + -ín (diminutive suffix).
Noun
caislín m (genitive singular caislín, nominative plural caislíní)
Synonyms
- altán, sreabhán, sruthlán
Declension
Declension of caislín
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| caislín | chaislín | gcaislín |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "caislín" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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