geoin

Irish

Alternative forms

• géan, giúin
• geóin (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɟoːnʲ/, [ɟoːi̯nʲ]

Noun

geoin f (genitive singular geoine)

1. whimper
2. uproar (confused noise), cry (clamor, outcry)
3. hum (indistinct sound resembling human humming)
4. fool (object of ridicule)

   Rinne siad geoin díom.

   They made a fool of me.

Declension

Declension of geoin

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative geoin Vocative a gheoin Genitive geoine Dative geoin

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an gheoin Genitive na geoine Dative leis an ngeoin don gheoin

Derived terms

• geonaíl

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
geoin	gheoin	ngeoin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “geoin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 geóin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “geoin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 360
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geoin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24