oisín
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From os (“deer”) + -ín (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oisín m (genitive singular oisín, nominative plural oisíní)
- Diminutive of os
- fawn (young deer)
Declension edit
Declension of oisín
Derived terms edit
- oisín róin m (“young seal”)
- Oisín m (“Ossian”, proper noun)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
oisín | n-oisín | hoisín | t-oisín |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oisín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “oisín” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “oisín” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Middle Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From oss (“deer”) + -án (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oisín m
- fawn (baby deer)
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Middle Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
oisín | unchanged | n-oisín |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oisén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language