murlán

Irish

Etymology

The Caighdeán Oifigiúil spelling of mudharlán (spelt muġarlán with unetymological lenited g in Patrick's Dineen's Foclóir Gaedhilge agus Béarla (1927)), an irregular change from mudharnán, from Old Irish mudornán (“ankle”), from Old Irish mudhorn (“ankle”) + -án (a diminutive suffix).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʊɾˠl̪ˠɑːn/

Noun

murlán m (genitive singular murláin, nominative plural murláin)

Declension

Declension of murlán (first declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	murlán	murláin
vocative	a mhurláin	a mhurlána
genitive	murláin	murlán
dative	murlán	murláin

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an murlán	na murláin
genitive	an mhurláin	na murlán
dative	leis an murlán don mhurlán	leis na murláin

Mutation

Mutated forms of *murlán*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
murlán	mhurlán	not applicable

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

References

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