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)
- tryst, appointment, date
- expectation (with le plus the person or thing expected)
- Synonym: súil
- Tá coinne agam leis.
- I am expecting him.
Declension
Declension of coinne
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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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 | ||
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| 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “coinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “coinnem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “coinne” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “coinne” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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