coinne

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish coinne (“meeting, appointment, tryst; expectation”), a later form of coinnem (“visiting company, guest(s); band; (right to) free billetting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪn̠ʲə/

Noun

coinne f (genitive singular coinne, nominative plural coinní)

1. tryst, appointment, date
2. expectation (with le plus the person or thing expected)

   Tá coinne agam leis.

   I am expecting him.

   Synonym: súil

Declension

Declension of coinne

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative coinne coinní Vocative a choinne a choinní Genitive coinne coinní Dative coinne coinní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an choinne na coinní Genitive na coinne na gcoinní Dative leis an gcoinne don choinne leis na coinní

Derived terms

• do choinne, faoi choinne, i gcoinne (“(appointed, intended) for; in expectation of, to get”)
• i gcoinne (“against, opposed to; in every”)
• os coinne (“in front of, opposite”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coinne	choinne	gcoinne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coinnem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coinne”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “coinne”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024