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aidhnín

aidhnín

Irish

Noun

aidhnín m ‎(genitive singular aidhnín, nominative plural aidhníní)

(mining, explosives) fuse

Declension

Declension of aidhnín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aidhnín	aidhníní
Vocative	a aidhnín	a aidhníní
Genitive	aidhnín	aidhníní
Dative	aidhnín	aidhníní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-aidhnín	na haidhníní
Genitive	an aidhnín	na n-aidhníní
Dative	leis an aidhnín don aidhnín	leis na haidhníní

Derived terms

aidhnín malldóite ‎(“slow-burning fuse”)
aidhnín mallghníomhach ‎(“delayed-action fuse”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aidhnín	n-aidhnín	haidhnín	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"aidhnín" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.