Irish

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Etymology

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From casúr (hammer) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

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casúirín m (genitive singular casúirín, nominative plural casúiríní)

  1. (anatomy) malleus

Declension

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Synonyms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
casúirín chasúirín gcasúirín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • malleus”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024