maoilín

Irish

Etymology

From maol (“bald”) +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠiːˈlʲiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠiːlʲiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠiːlʲinʲ/

Noun

maoilín m (genitive singular maoilín, nominative plural maoilíní)

1. hornless cow

Declension

Declension of maoilín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative maoilín maoilíní Vocative a mhaoilín a mhaoilíní Genitive maoilín maoilíní Dative maoilín maoilíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an maoilín na maoilíní Genitive an mhaoilín na maoilíní Dative leis an maoilín don mhaoilín leis na maoilíní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
maoilín	mhaoilín	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “maoilín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “maoilín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 465
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maoilín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN