lánúin

Irish

Alternative forms

lánú
lánamha, lánamhain, lánamhuin, lánmha, lánughadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish lánamain.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɑːˈn̪ˠuːnʲ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɑːnˠuːnʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠaːnˠũnʲ/[1]

Noun

lánúin f (genitive singular lánúine or lánúna, nominative plural lánúineacha or lánúnacha)

couple (two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship)

Declension

As a second-declension noun:

Declension of lánúin

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lánúin	lánúineacha
Vocative	a lánúin	a lánúineacha
Genitive	lánúine	lánúineacha
Dative	lánúin	lánúineacha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an lánúin	na lánúineacha
Genitive	na lánúine	na lánúineacha
Dative	leis an lánúin don lánúin	leis na lánúineacha

As a third-declension noun:

Declension of lánúin

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lánúin	lánúnacha
Vocative	a lánúin	a lánúnacha
Genitive	lánúna	lánúnacha
Dative	lánúin	lánúnacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an lánúin	na lánúnacha
Genitive	na lánúna	na lánúnacha
Dative	leis an lánúin don lánúin	leis na lánúnacha

Derived terms

lánúnach (“cohabitating, mating”, adjective)
lánúnas m (“cohabitation, mating”)

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21

Further reading

“lánúin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lánamain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “lánaṁain”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 418
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lánúin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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