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meaisín

meaisín

Irish

Alternative forms

maisín

Noun

meaisín m ‎(genitive singular meaisín, nominative plural meaisíní)

machine (mechanical or electrical device)

Declension

Declension of meaisín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	meaisín	meaisíní
Vocative	a mheaisín	a mheaisíní
Genitive	meaisín	meaisíní
Dative	meaisín	meaisíní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an meaisín	na meaisíní
Genitive	an mheaisín	na meaisíní
Dative	leis an meaisín don mheaisín	leis na meaisíní

Alternative plural: meaisíneanna (Cois Fharraige)

Synonyms

inneall

Derived terms

Terms derived from meaisín

meaisín caife m ‎(“coffee machine, coffeemaker”)
meaisín cardála m ‎(“carding-machine, carder”)
meaisíndeilte ‎(“machine-turned”, adj)
meaisíneoir m ‎(“machinist”)

meaisín gearrtha sliotán m ‎(“slotting-machine”)
meaisínghunna m ‎(“machine gun”)
meaisínigh ‎(“machine”, verb)

meaisín níocháin m ‎(“washing-machine, washer”)
meaisín sliotáin m ‎(“slot-machine”)
meaisín stampaí m ‎(“stamp-machine”)

Mutation

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

References

“maisín” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"meaisín" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.