Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish coinne (“meeting, appointment”),[1] a later form of coinnem (“visiting guests”).[2] Doublet of coinneamh.
Pronunciation
Noun
coinne f (genitive singular coinne, nominative plural coinní)
- tryst, appointment, date
- expectation [with le and person or thing expected]
Tá coinne agam leis.- I am expecting him.
Declension
Declension of coinne (fourth declension)
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of coinne
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lenition
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eclipsis
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choinne
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gcoinne
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000), Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 10, page 17
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 168
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 251, page 90
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “coinne”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 226; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “coinne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “coinne”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “coinne”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
