muirín

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠɪˈɾʲiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪɾʲiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪɾʲinʲ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish muiridin.

Noun

muirín f (genitive singular muiríne, nominative plural muiríneacha)

1. burden, encumbrance, charge (load, burden)
2. (large) family

Declension

Declension of muirín

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative muirín muiríneacha Vocative a mhuirín a mhuiríneacha Genitive muiríne muiríneacha Dative muirín muiríneacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhuirín na muiríneacha Genitive na muiríne na muiríneacha Dative leis an muirín don mhuirín leis na muiríneacha

Alternative forms

• muirghin, muirighean, muirighin

Derived terms

• muiríneach

Etymology 2

From muir (“sea”) +‎ -ín.

Noun

muirín m (genitive singular muirín, nominative plural muiríní)

1. scallop (mollusk)

Declension

Declension of muirín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative muirín muiríní Vocative a mhuirín a mhuiríní Genitive muirín muiríní Dative muirín muiríní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an muirín na muiríní Genitive an mhuirín na muiríní Dative leis an muirín don mhuirín leis na muiríní

Derived terms

• muiríneadóir
• muirínteacht

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “muirín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muirigin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muirín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN