cnaipín
Irish
editEtymology 1
editFrom cnaipe (“button”) + -ín (diminutive suffix).
Noun
editcnaipín m (genitive singular cnaipín, nominative plural cnaipíní)
Etymology 2
editFrom cnap (“knob”) + -ín (diminutive suffix).
Noun
editcnaipín m (genitive singular cnaipín, nominative plural cnaipíní)
Declension
editDeclension of cnaipín
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
edit- 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