coinean
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Scottish Gaelic
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Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Latin cuniculus (“rabbit”). Cognate with Irish coinín and Manx conneeyn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]coinean m (genitive singular coinein, plural coineanan)
Declension
[edit]Declension of coinean (type I masculine noun)
| Indefinite | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | coinean | coineanan |
| Genitive | coinein | choineanan |
| Dative | coinean | coineanan; coineanaibh✝ |
| Definite | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | (an) coinean | (na) coineanan |
| Genitive | (a') choinein | (nan) coineanan |
| Dative | (a') choinean | (na) coineanan; coineanaibh✝ |
| Vocative | choinein | choineanan |
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| coinean | choinean |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
[edit]- Colin Mark (2003) “coinean”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 156