meaisínghunna

Irish

Etymology

From meaisín (“machine”) +‎ gunna (“gun”), calque of English machine gun.

Noun

meaisínghunna m (genitive singular meaisínghunna, nominative plural meaisínghunnaí)

1. machine gun

Declension

Declension of meaisínghunna

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative meaisínghunna meaisínghunnaí Vocative a mheaisínghunna a mheaisínghunnaí Genitive meaisínghunna meaisínghunnaí Dative meaisínghunna meaisínghunnaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an meaisínghunna na meaisínghunnaí Genitive an mheaisínghunna na meaisínghunnaí Dative leis an meaisínghunna don mheaisínghunna leis na meaisínghunnaí

Derived terms

• fo-mheaisínghunna m (“submachine gun”)

Mutation

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

References

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