coinean

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin cuniculus (“rabbit”). Cognate with Irish coinín and Manx conneeyn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔɲan/

Noun

coinean m (genitive singular coinein, plural coineanan)

  1. rabbit

Declension

Declension of coinean (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative coinean coineanan
genitive coinein choineanan
dative coinean coineanan; coineanaibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) coinean (na) coineanan
genitive (a') choinein (nan) coineanan
dative (a') choinean (na) coineanan; coineanaibh✝
vocative choinein choineanan

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of coinean
radical lenition
coinean choinean

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

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “coinean”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 156
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