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Irish
Etymology
From losaid (“kneading trough”) + -ín.
Pronunciation
Noun
loistín m (genitive singular loistín, nominative plural loistíní)
- ear of a pot
Declension
Further reading
- “loistín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “loistin, ?lóistín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “loistín”, 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 40