Irish
Etymology
From meaisín (“machine”) + gunna (“gun”), calque of English machine gun.
Noun
meaisínghunna m (genitive singular meaisínghunna, nominative plural meaisínghunnaí)
- machine gun
Declension
Declension of meaisínghunna (fourth declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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meaisínghunna
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meaisínghunnaí
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| vocative
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a mheaisínghunna
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a mheaisínghunnaí
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| genitive
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meaisínghunna
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meaisínghunnaí
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| dative
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meaisínghunna
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meaisínghunnaí
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an meaisínghunna
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na meaisínghunnaí
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| genitive
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an mheaisínghunna
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na meaisínghunnaí
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| dative
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leis an meaisínghunna
don mheaisínghunna
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leis na meaisínghunnaí
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of meaisínghunna
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| meaisínghunna
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mheaisínghunna
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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