tóin

See also: toin, tòin, and töin

Icelandic

Noun

tóin

  1. definite nominative singular of tó

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish tón (“anus”),[2] from Proto-Celtic *tuknā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-.[3] Cognate with English thigh. Compare Scottish Gaelic tòin and Manx thoin.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/, [t̪ˠũːn̪ˠ][4]; /t̪ˠoːn̪ˠ/, [t̪ˠõːn̪ˠ] (corresponding to the form tón)
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /t̪ˠoːnʲ/[5], /t̪ˠuːnʲ/[6][7][8]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠoːnʲ/[9]

Noun

tóin f (genitive singular tóna, nominative plural tóineanna)

  1. buttocks
  2. arse, bum, ass, butt
  3. rear, back
  4. (nautical) aft, stern
  5. (architecture, of a building) basement, cellar

Declension

Declension of tóin (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tóin tóineanna
vocative a thóin a thóineanna
genitive tóna tóineanna
dative tóin tóineanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tóin na tóineanna
genitive na tóna na dtóineanna
dative leis an tóin
don tóin 		leis na tóineanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of tóin
radical lenition eclipsis
tóin thóin dtóin

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

References

References
  1. ^ “tóin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 393
  4. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 169, page 86
  5. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 668, page 124
  6. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 243
  7. ^ Ó Máille, T. S. (1974) Liosta Focal as Ros Muc [Word List from Rosmuck] (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Irish University Press, →ISBN, page 232
  8. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 403.56, page 88
  9. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 263, page 93

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