buaircín

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

buaircín m (genitive singular buaircín, nominative plural buaircíní)

1. (botany) cone
2. toggle-pin
3. guard (on tip of animal's horn)

Etymology 2

Noun

buaircín m (genitive singular buaircín, nominative plural buaircíní)

1. Alternative form of buairichín

Declension

Declension of buaircín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative buaircín buaircíní Vocative a bhuaircín a bhuaircíní Genitive buaircín buaircíní Dative buaircín buaircíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an buaircín na buaircíní Genitive an bhuaircín na mbuaircíní Dative leis an mbuaircín don bhuaircín leis na buaircíní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buaircín	bhuaircín	mbuaircín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buaircín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN