goirín

Irish

Alternative forms

  • garán, goirgín, góirín, gorán, guireán, guirín[1]

Etymology

From gor (“inflammation”) +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

Noun

goirín m (genitive singular goirín, nominative plural goiríní)

  1. pimple (inflamed spot on the surface of the skin)
  2. pustule
    Synonym: puchóid
  3. spot (pimple, pustule)
    Synonym: spota
  4. wen (a cyst on the skin)

Declension

Declension of goirín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative goirín goiríní
vocative a ghoirín a ghoiríní
genitive goirín goiríní
dative goirín goiríní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an goirín na goiríní
genitive an ghoirín na ngoiríní
dative leis an ngoirín
don ghoirín 		leis na goiríní

Derived terms

  • goirín dubh (“blackhead”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of goirín
radical lenition eclipsis
goirín ghoirín ngoirín

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

References

  1. ^ “goirín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 124
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 110, page 44

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