thoin

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Manx

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish tón (anus),[1] from Proto-Celtic *tuknā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-.[2] Cognate with English thigh. Compare Scottish Gaelic tòin and Irish tóin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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thoin f (genitive singular thoin, plural thoinyn)

  1. arse, bum, buttocks
  2. backside, posterior, rear

Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
thoin hoin dhoin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 393