muirnín

Irish

Etymology

From muirn (“affection”) +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠuːɾˠˈnʲiːnʲ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠuːɾˠn̠ʲiːnʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʌɾˠn̠ʲinʲ/[1]

Noun

muirnín m (genitive singular muirnín, nominative plural muirníní)

darling, beloved, sweetheart

Declension

Declension of muirnín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	muirnín	muirníní
Vocative	a mhuirnín	a mhuirníní
Genitive	muirnín	muirníní
Dative	muirnín	muirníní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an muirnín	na muirníní
Genitive	an mhuirnín	na muirníní
Dative	leis an muirnín don mhuirnín	leis na muirníní

Descendants

→ English: avourneen, mavourneen
→ Yola: a voorneen

Mutation

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

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97

Further reading

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

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