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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin pīnus.
Alternative forms
Noun
péine m (genitive singular péine)
- pine (tree of the genus Pinus; pinewood)
Declension
Synonyms
- (tree): crann péine (used when the word needs to be countable)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inflected form of pian.
Noun
péine f
- genitive singular of pian
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| péine
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phéine
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bpéine
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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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References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “pín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “péine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN