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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From gor (“inflammation”) + -ín.
Pronunciation
Noun
goirín m (genitive singular goirín, nominative plural goiríní)
- pimple (inflamed spot on the surface of the skin)
- pustule
- Synonym: puchóid
- spot (pimple, pustule)
- Synonym: spota
- wen (a cyst on the skin)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| goirín
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ghoirín
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ngoirín
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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
- “goirín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “guirín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “goirgín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 377
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “goirín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 377
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “guirín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 388
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “goirín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44