tuirbín
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbō (“circular movement”), adapted to the suffix -ín.
Noun[edit]
tuirbín m (genitive singular tuirbín, nominative plural tuirbíní)
Declension[edit]
Declension of tuirbín
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
- tuirbín gaile (“steam turbine”)
- tuirbín gaoithe (“wind turbine”)
- tuirbínghluaiste (“turbine-driven”, adjective)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tuirbín | thuirbín | dtuirbín |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuirbín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN