faoi choinne

Irish

faoi choinne (plus genitive or possessive determiner, triggers no mutation)

for (appointed for, intended for)
Synonyms: do choinne, i gcoinne
- 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 196:
  Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.
  A week before Samhain, Johnstone went back with seven geldings and a pair of panniers on each gelding for his butter.

Inflection of faoi choinne