coinne

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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

Noun

coinne f (genitive singular coinne, nominative plural coinní)

  1. tryst, appointment, date
  2. 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)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative coinne coinní
vocative a choinne a choinní
genitive coinne coinní
dative coinne coinní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an choinne na coinní
genitive na coinne na gcoinní
dative leis an gcoinne
don choinne 		leis na coinní

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of coinne
radical lenition eclipsis
coinne choinne gcoinne

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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