cnaipín

Irish

Etymology 1

From cnaipe (“button”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

cnaipín m (genitive singular cnaipín, nominative plural cnaipíní)

1. Diminutive of cnaipe
2. little button

Etymology 2

From cnap (“knob”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

cnaipín m (genitive singular cnaipín, nominative plural cnaipíní)

1. Diminutive of cnap
2. little knob or lump; nugget

Declension

Declension of cnaipín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cnaipín cnaipíní Vocative a chnaipín a chnaipíní Genitive cnaipín cnaipíní Dative cnaipín cnaipíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cnaipín na cnaipíní Genitive an chnaipín na gcnaipíní Dative leis an gcnaipín don chnaipín leis na cnaipíní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cnaipín	chnaipín	gcnaipín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cnaipín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 155
• “nugget”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024