cafairín

Irish

Noun

cafairín m (genitive singular cafairín, nominative plural cafairíní)

1. Alternative form of caifirín (“head-shawl”)

Declension

Declension of cafairín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cafairín cafairíní Vocative a chafairín a chafairíní Genitive cafairín cafairíní Dative cafairín cafairíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cafairín na cafairíní Genitive an chafairín na gcafairíní Dative leis an gcafairín don chafairín leis na cafairíní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cafairín	chafairín	gcafairín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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