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mandairín
mandairín
Irish
Noun
mandairín m (genitive singular mandairín, nominative plural mandairíní)
- (historical, politics, pejorative) mandarin (high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire, etc.)
Derived terms
Terms derived from mandairín
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Etymology 2
Borrowing from English mandarin, mandarine, from French mandarine, feminine of mandarin, probably formed as Etymology 1, above, from the yellow colour of the mandarins' costume.
Noun
mandairín m (genitive singular mandairín, nominative plural mandairíní)
Derived terms
- crann mandairíní m (“mandarin orange tree”)
Declension
Declension of mandairín
Fourth declension
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Mutation
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mandairín | mhandairín | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "mandairín" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.