hairicín

Irish

Alternative forms

airicín

Etymology

Borrowed from English hurricane, substituting the diminutive ending -ín by folk etymology.

Noun

hairicín m (genitive singular hairicín, nominative plural hairicíní)

(meteorology) hurricane

Declension

Declension of hairicín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hairicín	hairicíní
Vocative	a hairicín	a hairicíní
Genitive	hairicín	hairicíní
Dative	hairicín	hairicíní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an hairicín	na hairicíní
Genitive	an hairicín	na hairicíní
Dative	leis an hairicín don hairicín	leis na hairicíní

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “hairicín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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