coinín
Irish
editEtymology
editBorrowing 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]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɪnʲinʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɪn̠ʲinʲ/[2] (as if spelled coinnín)
Noun
editcoinín m (genitive singular coinín, nominative plural coiníní)
- rabbit (mammal)
- (vulgar, colloquial) vagina
Declension
editDeclension of coinín
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- coinín angóra (“angora rabbit”)
- cró coinín (“rabbit hutch”)
Related terms
edit- coinicéar (“warren”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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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, § 33, page 19
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 249, page 90
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coinín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coinín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 165
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “coinín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coinín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
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- Irish semantic loans from English
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- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
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