soipín

Irish

Etymology

From sop +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠəˈpʲiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɛpʲiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠʌpʲinʲ/

Noun

soipín m (genitive singular soipín, nominative plural soipíní)

1. diminutive of sop (“wisp, bundle of straw”)
2. (in the plural) pallet, nest

Declension

Declension of soipín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative soipín soipíní Vocative a shoipín a shoipíní Genitive soipín soipíní Dative soipín soipíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an soipín na soipíní Genitive an tsoipín na soipíní Dative leis an soipín don soipín leis na soipíní

Descendants

• → Yola: zippeen, sippeen

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
soipín	shoipín after an, tsoipín	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “soipín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN