cipín

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

cipín m (genitive singular cipín, nominative plural cipíní)

1. little stick, twig
   1. (music) stick with which a bodhrán is played
   2. matchstick (stem of match)

      Synonyms: cipín solais, lasán

   3. matchstick (stick of food)
   4. breadstick

      Synonym: cipín aráin

2. (veterinary medicine, in the plural) clams used in castration

Declension

Declension of cipín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cipín cipíní Vocative a chipín a chipíní Genitive cipín cipíní Dative cipín cipíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cipín na cipíní Genitive an chipín na gcipíní Dative leis an gcipín don chipín leis na cipíní

Derived terms

• bheith ar cipíní (“to be on tenterhooks”, verb)
• bosca cipíní (“match-box”)
• ceann cipín (“airhead, blockhead, bird brain”)
• cipín a lasadh (“to light a match”, verb)
• cipín aráin (“breadstick”)
• cipín cleasach (“trap-stick”)
• cipín solais (“match”)
• cipíneach (“broken sticks; matchwood; commotion, fighting; stick-insect”)
• cipíneach (“woody”, adjective)
• cipíní (cos) (“thin legs, pegs”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cipín	chipín	gcipín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cipín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cipín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cipín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024