muinín

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish muinigin.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

muinín f (genitive singular muiníne)

  1. trust, confidence, reliance on (with as + the person or thing trusted in or relied on)
    Bhí muinín aige as Dia. ― He trusted in God.
    Ná cuir muinín i gclaíomh briste. ― Do not put your trust in a broken sword.

Declension

Declension of muinín (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative muinín
vocative a mhuinín
genitive muiníne
dative muinín
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an mhuinín
genitive na muiníne
dative leis an muinín
don mhuinín

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • drochmhuinín (“lack of confidence”)
  • féinmhuinín (“self-confidence”)
  • muiníneach (“trusting, reliant”, adjective)
  • téigh i muinín (“trust in, rely on, have recourse to”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of muinín
radical lenition eclipsis
muinín mhuinín not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muinigin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 121, page 46

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