cipín
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cipín m (genitive singular cipín, nominative plural cipíní)
- little stick, twig
- (music) stick with which a bodhrán is played
- matchstick (stem of match)
- Synonyms: cipín solais, lasán
- matchstick (stick of food)
- breadstick
- Synonym: cipín aráin
- (veterinary medicine, in the plural) clams used in castration
Declension edit
Declension of cipín
Derived terms edit
- bheith ar cipíní (“to be on tenterhooks”, verb)
- bosca cipíní (“match-box”)
- ceann cipín (“airhead, blockhead, bird brain”)
- cipín a lasadh (“to light a match”, verb)
- cipín aráin (“breadstick”)
- cipín cleasach (“trap-stick”)
- cipín solais (“match”)
- cipíneach (“broken sticks; matchwood; commotion, fighting; stick-insect”)
- cipíneach (“woody”, adjective)
- cipíní (cos) (“thin legs, pegs”)
Descendants edit
- → Yola: kippeens (plural)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cipín | chipín | gcipín |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cipín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cipín” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cipín” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.