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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish muinigin.
Pronunciation
Noun
muinín f (genitive singular muiníne)
- trust, confidence, reliance on (with as + the person or thing trusted in or relied on)
- Bhí muinín aige as Dia. ― He trusted in God.
- Ná cuir muinín i gclaíomh briste. ― Do not put your trust in a broken sword.
Declension
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Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| muinín
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mhuinín
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not applicable
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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
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muinigin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “muiniġin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 500
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muinín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46