filltín

Irish

Etymology

From fillte +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

filltín m (genitive singular filltín, nominative plural filltíní)

1. crease, crinkle, pucker, ruckle

Declension

Declension of filltín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative filltín filltíní Vocative a fhilltín a fhilltíní Genitive filltín filltíní Dative filltín filltíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an filltín na filltíní Genitive an fhilltín na bhfilltíní Dative leis an bhfilltín don fhilltín leis na filltíní

Derived terms

• mionfhilltín

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
filltín	fhilltín	bhfilltín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “filltín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “filltín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “filltín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024