aircín

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

aircín m (genitive singular aircín, nominative plural aircíní)

1. creek

Synonyms

• caolán
• crompán

Etymology 2

From arc (“piglet; diminutive animal or person”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

aircín m (genitive singular aircín, nominative plural aircíní)

1. diminutive creature

Declension

Declension of aircín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aircín aircíní Vocative a aircín a aircíní Genitive aircín aircíní Dative aircín aircíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aircín na haircíní Genitive an aircín na n-aircíní Dative leis an aircín don aircín leis na haircíní

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aircín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN