caislín
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Irish
Etymology 1
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Noun
caislín m (genitive singular caislín, nominative plural caislíní)
- chat (small Old World passerine bird in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae)
Derived terms
- caislín aitinn (“whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)”)
- caislín cloch (“stonechat (Saxicola spp.)”)
- caislín dearg (“cock stonechat”)
Etymology 2
From casla (“small harbour, creek”) + -ín (diminutive suffix).
Noun
caislín m (genitive singular caislín, nominative plural caislíní)
Synonyms
Declension
Declension of caislín
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| caislín | chaislín | gcaislín |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caislín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN