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Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
geoin f (genitive singular geoine)
- whimper
- uproar (confused noise), cry (clamor, outcry)
- hum (indistinct sound resembling human humming)
- fool (object of ridicule)
Rinne siad geoin díom.- They made a fool of me.
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Mutation
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geoin
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gheoin
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ngeoin
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- “geoin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 geóin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “geoin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 360
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geoin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24