tuirbín

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbō (“circular movement”), adapted to the suffix -ín.

Noun

tuirbín m (genitive singular tuirbín, nominative plural tuirbíní)

1. turbine

Declension

Declension of tuirbín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tuirbín tuirbíní Vocative a thuirbín a thuirbíní Genitive tuirbín tuirbíní Dative tuirbín tuirbíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tuirbín na tuirbíní Genitive an tuirbín na dtuirbíní Dative leis an tuirbín don tuirbín leis na tuirbíní

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuirbín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN