coirpín

Irish

Etymology

From corp (“body”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

coirpín m (genitive singular coirpín, nominative plural coirpíní)

1. corpuscle
2. body

Declension

Declension of coirpín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative coirpín coirpíní Vocative a choirpín a choirpíní Genitive coirpín coirpíní Dative coirpín coirpíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an coirpín na coirpíní Genitive an choirpín na gcoirpíní Dative leis an gcoirpín don choirpín leis na coirpíní

Derived terms

• coirpín fola, fuilchoirpín (“blood corpuscle”)
• coirpín mailpígeach (“Malpighian corpuscle”)
• coirpíneach (“corpuscular”, adjective)
• frithchoirpín (“antibody”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coirpín	choirpín	gcoirpín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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