coinín

Irish edit

coinín

Etymology edit

Borrowing from Anglo-Norman connil, from Latin cunīculus (“rabbit”), +‎ -ín. The sense “vagina” may be a semantic loan from English cunny.

Pronunciation edit

(Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈnʲiːnʲ/^[1]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪn̠ʲinʲ/^[2] (as if spelled coinnín)

Noun edit

coinín m (genitive singular coinín, nominative plural coiníní)

rabbit (mammal)
(vulgar, colloquial) vagina

Declension edit

Declension of coinín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coinín	coiníní
Vocative	a choinín	a choiníní
Genitive	coinín	coiníní
Dative	coinín	coiníní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an coinín	na coiníní
Genitive	an choinín	na gcoiníní
Dative	leis an gcoinín don choinín	leis na coiníní

Derived terms edit

coinín angóra (“angora rabbit”)
cró coinín (“rabbit hutch”)

Related terms edit

coinicéar (“warren”)

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coinín	choinín	gcoinín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 19
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90

Further reading edit

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

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