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ailcín

ailcín

Irish

Noun

ailcín f ‎(genitive singular ailcíne, nominative plural ailcíní)

(mythology, poetic) halcyon

Declension

Declension of ailcín

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ailcín	ailcíní
Vocative	a ailcín	a ailcíní
Genitive	ailcíne	ailcíní
Dative	ailcín	ailcíní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an ailcín	na hailcíní
Genitive	na hailcíne	na n-ailcíní
Dative	leis an ailcín don ailcín	leis na hailcíní

Mutation

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

References

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