faoi choinne

Irish

Alternative forms

• fá choinne (Ulster)

Preposition

faoi choinne (plus genitive or possessive determiner, triggers no mutation)

1. for (appointed for, intended for)

   Synonyms: do choinne, i gcoinne

   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 196:

     Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.

     A week before Samhain, Johnstone went back with seven geldings and a pair of panniers on each gelding for his butter.

Inflection

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faoi choinne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “faoi choinne” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “faoi choinne” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.