goirín
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gor (“inflammation”) + -ín.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]goirín m (genitive singular goirín, nominative plural goiríní)
- pimple (inflamed spot on the surface of the skin)
- pustule
- Synonym: puchóid
- spot (pimple, pustule)
- Synonym: spota
- wen (a cyst on the skin)
Declension
[edit]Declension of goirín
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- goirín dubh (“blackhead”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| goirín | ghoirín | ngoirín |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ “goirín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 124
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 110, page 44
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “guirín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “goirgín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 377
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “goirín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 377
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “guirín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 388
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “goirín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN