tuirbín
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbō (“circular movement”), adapted to the suffix -ín.
Declension
Declension of tuirbín
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- tuirbín gaile (“steam turbine”)
- tuirbín gaoithe (“wind turbine”)
- tuirbínghluaiste (“turbine-driven”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- "tuirbín" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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