Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle English basin, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinum, from Late Latin bacca (wine jug).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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báisín m (genitive singular báisín, nominative plural báisíní)

  1. basin
  2. (cockle-, scallop-) shell

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
báisín bháisín mbáisín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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