tóin
Icelandic
editNoun
edittóin
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish tón (“anus”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *tuknā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-.[2] Cognate with English thigh. Compare Scottish Gaelic tòin and Manx thoin.
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/, [t̪ˠũːn̪ˠ] IPA(key): /t̪ˠoːn̪ˠ/, [t̪ˠõːn̪ˠ][3] (corresponding to the form tón)
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /t̪ˠuːnʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠoːnʲ/[4]
Noun
edittóin f (genitive singular tóna, nominative plural tóineanna)
- buttocks
- arse, bum, ass, butt
- rear, back
- (nautical) aft, stern
- (architecture, of a building) basement, cellar
Declension
editDeclension of tóin
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
editDerived terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tóin | thóin | dtóin |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 393
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 86
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 93
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tón”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 744
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tóin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Icelandic non-lemma forms
- Icelandic noun forms
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tewh₂-
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- ga:Nautical
- ga:Architecture
- Irish third-declension nouns
- ga:Body parts