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]

Noun

murlán m (genitive singular murláin, nominative plural murláin)

  1. knob
  2. door handle
  3. knuckleball
  4. small round object

Declension
Declension of murlán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) murláin
Vocative a mhurláin a mhurlána
Genitive murláin Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Dative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) murláin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) na murláin
Genitive an mhurláin na Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Dative leis an Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

don mhurlán

 leis na murláin

Mutation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References
  1. https://dil.ie/32674

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