pailin

See also: páilín

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

pailin f (genitive singular pailine)

1. (botany) pollen

Declension

Declension of pailin

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative pailin Vocative a phailin Genitive pailine Dative pailin

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an phailin Genitive na pailine Dative leis an bpailin don phailin

Derived terms

• pailnigh (“pollinate”, verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pailin	phailin	bpailin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pailin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “pollen”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Entries containing “pailin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.