gairdín

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English garden, with ending Hibernicised into Irish -ín.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːɾˠˈdʲiːnʲ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːɾˠdʲiːnʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæːɾˠdʲinʲ/

Noun

gairdín m (genitive singular gairdín, nominative plural gairdíní)

garden
Synonym: garraí

Declension

Declension of gairdín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gairdín	gairdíní
Vocative	a ghairdín	a ghairdíní
Genitive	gairdín	gairdíní
Dative	gairdín	gairdíní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an gairdín	na gairdíní
Genitive	an ghairdín	na ngairdíní
Dative	leis an ngairdín don ghairdín	leis na gairdíní

Derived terms

Terms derived from gairdín

abhaicín gairdín (“garden gnome”)
árasán le gairdín (“garden flat”)
bothán gairdín, cró gairdín (“garden shed”)
cathaoir gairdín (“lawn chair, garden chair”)
creig-ghairdín, gairdín clocharach (“rock-garden”)
gairdín ainmhithe (“menagerie, zoological garden”)
gairdín beorach (“beer garden”)
gairdín bláthanna (“flower garden”)
gairdín cúil (“back garden”)

gairdín cuimhneacháin (“garden of remembrance”)
gairdín dín (“roof garden”)
Gairdín Éidin, Gairdín Pharthais (“the Garden of Eden, earthly paradise”)
gairdín fiúise (“fuchsia garden”)
gairdín geimhridhwinter garden
gairdín lusanna (“botanical garden”)
gairdín margaidh (“market garden”)
gairdín pléisiúir (“pleasure ground, pleasure garden”)

gairdín rós (“rose garden”)
gairdín snaidhmeanna (“knot garden”)
gairdín tírdhreachtaithe (“landscape garden”)
gairdín tosaigh (“front garden”)
gairdín uisce (“water garden”)
hocas gairdín (“hollyhock”)
píobán gairdín (“garden-hose”)
taeghairdín (“tea garden”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gairdín	ghairdín	ngairdín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"gairdín" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “gairdín” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “gairdín” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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