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goirín

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From gor (“inflammation”) +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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goirín m (genitive singular goirín, nominative plural goiríní)

  1. pimple (inflamed spot on the surface of the skin)
  2. pustule
    Synonym: puchóid
  3. spot (pimple, pustule)
    Synonym: spota
  4. wen (a cyst on the skin)

Declension

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Declension of goirín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative goirín goiríní
Vocative a ghoirín a ghoiríní
Genitive goirín goiríní
Dative goirín goiríní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an goirín na goiríní
Genitive an ghoirín na ngoiríní
Dative leis an ngoirín

don ghoirín

leis na goiríní

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
goirín ghoirín ngoirín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ “goirín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 124
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 110, page 44

Further reading

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