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)

  1. 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

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, 2013–2023
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “maisín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
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