pingin

Irish

Alternative forms

pinginn, pighinn (obsolete)
pínn (Connacht, Ulster)

Etymology

From Old Irish pinginn, penginn,^[1] likely borrowed from Old English penning and possibly reinforced or influenced by Old Norse penningr, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz.^[2]

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪɲ(ɟ)ənʲ/^[3]
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /pʲiːn̠ʲ/^[4] (corresponding to the form pínn)

Noun

pingin f (genitive singular pingine or pingne, nominative plural pinginí or ping(i)neacha) (genitive singular form is used after numbers)

penny

Declension

Declension of pingin

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pingin	pinginí
Vocative	a phingin	a phinginí
Genitive	pingine	pinginí
Dative	pingin	pinginí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an phingin	na pinginí
Genitive	na pingine	na bpinginí
Dative	leis an bpingin don phingin	leis na pinginí

Alternative plural: pingineacha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

is é cosaint na pingine a chruachas na puint (“take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves”)
leathphingin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pingin	phingin	bpingin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pinginn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Greene, D. (1973) “The influence of Scandinavian on Irish”, in Bo Almqvist & David Greene, editors, Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress, Dundalk: Dundalgan Press, pages 75–82
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 40
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 303, page 107