tóin

See also: toin, tòin, and töin

Icelandic

Noun

tóin

  1. definite nominative singular of tó

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish tón (“anus”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *tuknā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-.[2] Cognate with English thigh. Compare Scottish Gaelic tòin.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/, [t̪ˠũːn̪ˠ] IPA(key): /t̪ˠoːn̪ˠ/, [t̪ˠõːn̪ˠ][3] (corresponding to the form tón)
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /t̪ˠuːnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠoːnʲ/[4]

Noun

tóin f (genitive singular tóna, nominative plural tóineanna)

  1. buttocks
  2. arse, bum, ass, butt
  3. rear, back
  4. (nautical) aft, stern
  5. (architecture, of a building) basement, cellar

Declension
Declension of tóin

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tóin tóineanna
Vocative a thóin a thóineanna
Genitive tóna tóineanna
Dative tóin tóineanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tóin na tóineanna
Genitive na tóna na dtóineanna
Dative leis an tóin

don tóin

 leis na tóineanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tóin thóin dtóin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 393
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 86
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 93

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.