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)

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” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
“maoilín” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 465.
"maoilín" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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