meaisín

Irish

Alternative forms

maisín

Etymology

Borrowed from English machine (assimilated to the suffix -ín, from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine”), from Ancient Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhanā́), Doric form of μηχᾰνή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mʲəˈʃiːnʲ/

Noun

meaisín m (genitive singular meaisín, nominative plural meaisíní)

machine (mechanical or electrical device)
Synonym: inneall

Declension

Declension of meaisín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	meaisín	meaisíní
Vocative	a mheaisín	a mheaisíní
Genitive	meaisín	meaisíní
Dative	meaisín	meaisíní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an meaisín	na meaisíní
Genitive	an mheaisín	na meaisíní
Dative	leis an meaisín don mheaisín	leis na meaisíní

Alternative plural: meaisíneann (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

meaisín caife m (“coffee machine, coffeemaker”)
meaisín cardála m (“carding-machine, carder”)
meaisín gearrtha sliotán m (“slotting-machine”)
meaisín níocháin m (“washing-machine, washer”)
meaisín sliotáin m (“slot-machine”)
meaisín stampaí m (“stamp-machine”)
meaisín ticéad m (“ticket machine”)
meaisíndeilte (“machine-turned”, adjective)
meaisíneoir m (“machinist”)
meaisínghunna m (“machine gun”)
meaisínigh (“machine”, verb)

Mutation

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

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meaisín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“machine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “maisín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society

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