ultramairín

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

ultramairín m (genitive singular ultramairín)

1. ultramarine (colour; pigment)

Declension

Declension of ultramairín

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative ultramairín Vocative a ultramairín Genitive ultramairín Dative ultramairín

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-ultramairín Genitive an ultramairín Dative leis an ultramairín don ultramairín

Derived terms

• ultramairíneach (“ultramarine, having blue colour”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ultramairín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ultramarine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024