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caitín

caitín

See also: cáitín

Irish

Noun

caitín m ‎(genitive singular caitín, nominative plural caitíní)

(textiles, of carpet, fabric, etc.) nap, pile
fluff
(botany) catkin

Declension

Declension of caitín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caitín	caitíní
Vocative	a chaitín	a chaitíní
Genitive	caitín	caitíní
Dative	caitín	caitíní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an caitín	na caitíní
Genitive	an chaitín	na gcaitíní
Dative	leis an gcaitín don chaitín	leis na caitíní

Synonyms

(nap, fluff): bruth

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caitín	chaitín	gcaitín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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