cúinne
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cúinne m (genitive singular cúinne, nominative plural cúinní)
- angle (corner where two walls intersect), corner (space in the angle between converging lines or walls), nook (small corner formed by two walls)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cúinne
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cúinne | chúinne | gcúinne |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cúinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cúinne”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 210
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúinne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cúinne”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cúinne”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024