cnaipín

Irish

Etymology 1

From cnaipe (“button”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

cnaipín m (genitive singular cnaipín, nominative plural cnaipíní)

  1. diminutive of cnaipe
  2. little button

Etymology 2

From cnap (“knob”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

cnaipín m (genitive singular cnaipín, nominative plural cnaipíní)

  1. diminutive of cnap
  2. little knob or lump; nugget

Declension

Declension of cnaipín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cnaipín cnaipíní
vocative a chnaipín a chnaipíní
genitive cnaipín cnaipíní
dative cnaipín cnaipíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cnaipín na cnaipíní
genitive an chnaipín na gcnaipíní
dative leis an gcnaipín
don chnaipín 		leis na cnaipíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of cnaipín
radical lenition eclipsis
cnaipín chnaipín gcnaipín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cnaipín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 155
  • “nugget”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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