coinne

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish coinne (“meeting, appointment, tryst; expectation”), a later form of coinnem (“visiting company, guest(s); band; (right to) free billetting”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɪn̠ʲə/

Noun

coinne f (genitive singular coinne, nominative plural coinní)

tryst, appointment, date
expectation (with le plus the person or thing expected)
Synonym: súil

Tá coinne agam leis.
I am expecting him.

Declension

Declension of coinne (fourth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	coinne	coinní
vocative	a choinne	a choinní
genitive	coinne	coinní
dative	coinne	coinní

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an choinne	na coinní
genitive	na coinne	na gcoinní
dative	leis an gcoinne don choinne	leis na coinní

Derived terms

do choinne, faoi choinne, i gcoinne (“(appointed, intended) for; in expectation of, to get”)
i gcoinne (“against, opposed to; in every”)
os coinne (“in front of, opposite”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *coinne*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
coinne	choinne	gcoinne

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