magairlín

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish magarlín m, a diminutive of magarla, magairle (“testicle”). By surface analysis, magairle (“testicle”) +‎ -ín.

Noun

magairlín m (genitive singular magairlín, nominative plural magairlíní)

1. Diminutive of magairle (“testicle”)
2. orchid

Declension

Declension of magairlín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative magairlín magairlíní Vocative a mhagairlín a mhagairlíní Genitive magairlín magairlíní Dative magairlín magairlíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an magairlín na magairlíní Genitive an mhagairlín na magairlíní Dative leis an magairlín don mhagairlín leis na magairlíní

Synonyms

• lus na magairlí

Derived terms

• magairlín meidhreach (“early purple orchid”)
• magairlín an chorraigh (“bog orchid”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
magairlín	mhagairlín	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “magairlín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “magarlín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “magarla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language