oisín
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom os (“deer”) + -ín (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editoisín m (genitive singular oisín, nominative plural oisíní)
- diminutive of os
- fawn (young deer)
Declension
editDeclension of oisín
Derived terms
edit- oisín róin m (“young seal”)
- Oisín m (“Ossian”, proper noun)
Mutation
editIrish 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
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “oisín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “oisín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Middle Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom oss (“deer”) + -án (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editoisín m
- fawn (baby deer)
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
editMutation
editMiddle Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
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- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oisén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Irish terms suffixed with -ín
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish diminutive nouns
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
- ga:Baby animals
- ga:Cervids
- Middle Irish terms suffixed with -án
- Middle Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle Irish lemmas
- Middle Irish nouns
- Middle Irish masculine nouns
- mga:Baby animals
- mga:Cervids