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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish lánamain.
Pronunciation
Noun
lánúin f (genitive singular lánúine or lánúna, nominative plural lánúineacha or lánúnacha)
- couple (two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship)
Declension
As a second-declension noun:
As a third-declension noun:
Derived terms
- lánúnach (“cohabitating, mating”, adjective)
- lánúnas m (“cohabitation, mating”)
References
Further reading
- “lánúin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lánamain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “lánaṁain”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 418
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lánúin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN