maoilín

Irish

Etymology

From maol (“bald”) +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠiːˈlʲiːnʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠiːlʲiːnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠiːlʲinʲ/

Noun

maoilín m (genitive singular maoilín, nominative plural maoilíní)

  1. hornless cow

Declension
Declension of maoilín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative maoilín maoilíní
Vocative a mhaoilín a mhaoilíní
Genitive maoilín maoilíní
Dative maoilín maoilíní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an maoilín na maoilíní
Genitive an mhaoilín na maoilíní
Dative leis an maoilín

don mhaoilín

 leis na maoilíní

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
maoilín mhaoilín not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “maoilín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “maoilín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 465
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maoilín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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