pingin

Irish

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪɲ(ɟ)ənʲ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /pʲiːn̠ʲ/ (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)

1. 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.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “pinginn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 542
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pingin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pingin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “pingin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024