abhaicín

Irish

Etymology

From abhac +‎ -ín.

Noun

abhaicín m (genitive singular abhaicín, nominative plural abhaicíní)

1. manikin, runt

Declension

Declension of abhaicín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative abhaicín abhaicíní Vocative a abhaicín a abhaicíní Genitive abhaicín abhaicíní Dative abhaicín abhaicíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-abhaicín na habhaicíní Genitive an abhaicín na n-abhaicíní Dative leis an abhaicín don abhaicín leis na habhaicíní

Derived terms

• abhaicín gairdín (“garden gnome”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “mannikin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abhaicín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm