geoin

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Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

geoin f (genitive singular geoine)

  1. whimper
  2. uproar (confused noise), cry (clamor, outcry)
  3. hum (indistinct sound resembling human humming)
  4. fool (object of ridicule)
    Rinne siad geoin díom.
    They made a fool of me.

Declension

Declension of geoin (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative geoin
vocative a gheoin
genitive geoine
dative geoin
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an gheoin
genitive na geoine
dative leis an ngeoin
don gheoin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of geoin
radical lenition eclipsis
geoin gheoin ngeoin

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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