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magairlín

magairlín

Irish

Noun

magairlín m ‎(genitive singular magairlín, nominative plural magairlíní)

diminutive of magairle ‎(“testicle”)
orchid

Declension

Declension of magairlín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	magairlín	magairlíní
Vocative	a mhagairlín	a mhagairlíní
Genitive	magairlín	magairlíní
Dative	magairlín	magairlíní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an magairlín	na magairlíní
Genitive	an mhagairlín	na magairlíní
Dative	leis an magairlín don mhagairlín	leis na magairlíní

Synonyms

lus na magairlí

Derived terms

magairlín meidhreach ‎(“early purple orchid”)
magairlín an chorraigh ‎(“bog orchid”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
magairlín	mhagairlín	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"magairlín" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“magarlín” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“magarla” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.