Irish edit

Etymology edit

From dlaoi (wisp, tuft; lock, tress; bundle of thatch; covering (of thatch, hair); strand; strip (of bark, of skin)) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun edit

dlaoinín m (genitive singular dlaoinín, nominative plural dlaoiníní)

  1. Diminutive of dlaoi
  2. Synonym of dlaíóg ((little) wisp; single stalk, blade; strand; strip)

Declension edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dlaoinín dhlaoinín ndlaoinín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit