coineanach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From coinean (“rabbit”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔɲanəx/

Noun

coineanach m

  1. rabbit

Declension

Declension of coineanach (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative coineanach coineanaich
genitive coineanaich choineanach
dative coineanach coineanaich; coineanachaibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) coineanach (na) coineanaich
genitive (a') choineanaich (nan) coineanach
dative (a') choineanach (na) coineanaich; coineanachaibh✝
vocative choineanaich choineanacha

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of coineanach
radical lenition
coineanach choineanach

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) “coineanach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 156
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