cúinne

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Irish

Etymology

From Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cúinne m (genitive singular cúinne, nominative plural cúinní)

  1. angle (corner where two walls intersect), corner (space in the angle between converging lines or walls), nook (small corner formed by two walls)

Declension

Declension of cúinne (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cúinne cúinní
vocative a chúinne a chúinní
genitive cúinne cúinní
dative cúinne cúinní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cúinne na cúinní
genitive an chúinne na gcúinní
dative leis an gcúinne
don chúinne 		leis na cúinní

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúinne
radical lenition eclipsis
cúinne chúinne gcúinne

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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