toitín

Irish

Etymology

From toit (“smoke”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɛtʲiːnʲ/

Noun

toitín m (genitive singular toitín, nominative plural toitíní)

1. Diminutive of toit
2. cigarette

Declension

Declension of toitín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative toitín toitíní Vocative a thoitín a thoitíní Genitive toitín toitíní Dative toitín toitíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an toitín na toitíní Genitive an toitín na dtoitíní Dative leis an toitín don toitín leis na toitíní

Derived terms

• páipéar toitíní (“cigarette paper”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
toitín	thoitín	dtoitín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toitín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “toitín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 473