Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkoːi̯.nʲəðʲ/, [ˈkoːi̯nʲiðʲ]

Verb

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coínid (verbal noun coíniud)

  1. to lament, mourn, keen
    • c. 895–901, Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii, published in Bethu Phátraic: The tripartite life of Patrick (1939, Hodges, Figgis), edited and with translations by Kathleen Mulchrone, line 161
      Do·rala co n-erbailt a aiti isin dáil. Ro·sochtsat na huile di hein. Ro·chíset a c[h]omnestai ⁊ ro·chain a chommám...
      It happened that his foster father died at the meeting. Everybody became silent from that. His kinsmen wept, and his wife lamented...
    • c. 760 Blathmac mac Con Brettan, published in "A study of the lexicon of the poems of Blathmac Son of Cú Brettan" (2017; PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth), edited and with translations by Siobhán Barrett, stanza 128
      Cenid·reilcset Iudei sin, coíniud Críst dia ṡainmuintir, nem cona airbrib – trén dú – ro·coínset uili Ísu.
      Although the Jews had not allowed that, the keening of Christ by his own people, Heaven and its hosts (strong place) all have keened Jesus.
  2. to regret, deplore

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: caínid

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
coínid choínid coínid
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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