coinín
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Anglo-Norman connil, from Latin cunīculus (“rabbit”), + -ín. The sense “vagina” may be a semantic loan from English cunny.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
coinín m (genitive singular coinín, nominative plural coiníní)
- rabbit (mammal)
- (vulgar, colloquial) vagina
Declension[edit]
Declension of coinín
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
- coinín angóra (“angora rabbit”)
- cró coinín (“rabbit hutch”)
Related terms[edit]
- coinicéar (“warren”)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coinín | choinín | gcoinín |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 19
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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- Irish terms derived from Latin
- Irish terms suffixed with -ín
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- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
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