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báisín

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Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle English basin, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinum, from Late Latin bacca (wine jug).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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báisín m (genitive singular báisín, nominative plural báisíní)

  1. basin
  2. (cockle-, scallop-) shell

Declension

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Declension of báisín (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative báisín báisíní
vocative a bháisín a bháisíní
genitive báisín báisíní
dative báisín báisíní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an báisín na báisíní
genitive an bháisín na mbáisíní
dative leis an mbáisín
don bháisín
leis na báisíní

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of báisín
radical lenition eclipsis
báisín bháisín mbáisín

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

Further reading

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