muisiriún

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin *mussiriō.

Noun

muisiriún m (genitive singular muisiriúin, nominative plural muisiriúin)

1. mushroom

   Synonym: beacán

Declension

Declension of muisiriún

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative muisiriún muisiriúin Vocative a mhuisiriúin a mhuisiriúna Genitive muisiriúin muisiriún Dative muisiriún muisiriúin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an muisiriún na muisiriúin Genitive an mhuisiriúin na muisiriún Dative leis an muisiriún don mhuisiriún leis na muisiriúin

Derived terms

• anraith muisiriún m (“mushroom soup”)
• feirm mhuisiriún f (“mushroom farm”)
• muisiriún cnaipe m (“button mushroom”)
• muisiriún fiáin m (“wild mushroom”)
• muisiriún mire m (“magic mushroom”)
• muisiriúnach (“mushroom”, adjective) (attributive)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

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