caislín

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

caislín m (genitive singular caislín, nominative plural caislíní)

  1. chat (small Old World passerine bird in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From casla (“small harbour, creek”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

caislín m (genitive singular caislín, nominative plural caislíní)

  1. streamlet
Synonyms

Declension
Declension of caislín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative caislín caislíní
Vocative a chaislín a chaislíní
Genitive caislín caislíní
Dative caislín caislíní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an caislín na caislíní
Genitive an chaislín na gcaislíní
Dative leis an gcaislín

don chaislín

 leis na caislíní

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caislín chaislín gcaislín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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