póirín

Irish

Alternative forms

  • póirthín, púirín, púirthín[1]

Etymology

From pór (“seed”) +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈpˠoːɾʲhiːnʲ/[2] (corresponding to the form póirthín)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpˠɔɾʲi(ː)nʲ/, /ˈpˠɛɾˠi(ː)nʲ/[3], /ˈpˠɞɾˠi(ː)nʲ/

Noun

póirín m (genitive singular póirín, nominative plural póiríní)

  1. small potato
  2. pebble
  3. jackstone
    ag imirt póiríní ― playing jacks

Declension

Declension of póirín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative póirín póiríní
vocative a phóirín a phóiríní
genitive póirín póiríní
dative póirín póiríní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an póirín na póiríní
genitive an phóirín na bpóiríní
dative leis an bpóirín
don phóirín 		leis na póiríní

Derived terms

  • póirín seangán (“stonecrop, Sedum spp.”)
  • póirín guma (“sweetmeat”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of póirín
radical lenition eclipsis
póirín phóirín bpóirín

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

References

  1. ^ “póirín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 64, page 17
  3. ^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 287

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “póirín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 852; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “póirín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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