hairicín

Irish

Alternative forms

• airicín

Etymology

Borrowed from English hurricane, substituting the diminutive ending -ín by folk etymology.

Noun

hairicín m (genitive singular hairicín, nominative plural hairicíní)

1. (meteorology) hurricane

Declension

Declension of hairicín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative hairicín hairicíní Vocative a hairicín a hairicíní Genitive hairicín hairicíní Dative hairicín hairicíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an hairicín na hairicíní Genitive an hairicín na hairicíní Dative leis an hairicín don hairicín leis na hairicíní

Further reading

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