báisín

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English basin, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinum, from Late Latin bacca (wine jug).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠɑːˈʃiːnʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɑːʃiːnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠæːʃinʲ/

Noun

báisín m (genitive singular báisín, nominative plural báisíní)

  1. basin
  2. (cockle-, scallop-) shell

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
báisín bháisín mbáisín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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