coróin
Irish
Alternative forms
- coróchainn, coroin, coróinn, c'róin, cróinn
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin corōna (“garland, crown”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”). Doublet of corann.
Pronunciation
Noun
coróin f (genitive singular corónach or coróine or coróineach, nominative plural corónacha or coróineacha)
- crown
- (anatomy) crown (of tooth)
- corona
- (numismatics) crown, krone
Declension
Declension of coróin
Fifth declension
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Alternative inflection as second-declension noun:
Declension of coróin
Second declension
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Alternative inflection as fifth-declension noun:
Declension of coróin
Fifth declension
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Derived terms
- Coróin Mhuire
- Coróin Spíne
- leathchoróin
- luschoróin
- mórchoróin
- scothchoróin
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coróin | choróin | gcoróin |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 164
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 78, page 33
Further reading
- “coróin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “corann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coróin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 183
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coróin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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