murlán

Irish

Etymology

The Caighdeán Oifigiúil spelling of mudharlán (spelt muġarlán with unetymological lenited g in Patrick's Dineen's Foclóir Gaedhilge agus Béarla (1927)), an irregular change from mudharnán, from Old Irish mudornán (“ankle”), from Old Irish mudhorn (“ankle”) + -án (a diminutive suffix).

Noun

murlán m (genitive singular murláin, nominative plural murláin)

1. knob
2. door handle
3. knuckleball
4. small round object

Declension

Declension of murlán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative murlán murláin Vocative a mhurláin a mhurlána Genitive murláin murlán Dative murlán murláin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an murlán na murláin Genitive an mhurláin na murlán Dative leis an murlán don mhurlán leis na murláin

Mutation

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

References

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