birtín

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From beart (“bundle”) +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲaɾˠtʲi(ː)nʲ/[3] (corresponding to beairtín)

Noun

birtín m (genitive singular birtín, nominative plural birtíní)

  1. diminutive of beart (“bundle”)

Declension

Declension of birtín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative birtín birtíní
vocative a bhirtín a bhirtíní
genitive birtín birtíní
dative birtín birtíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an birtín na birtíní
genitive an bhirtín na mbirtíní
dative leis an mbirtín
don bhirtín 		leis na birtíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of birtín
radical lenition eclipsis
birtín bhirtín mbirtín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “beairtín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ “beirtín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 224

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