cúinne

Irish

Etymology

From Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːn̠ʲə/
• (Waterford, Cork) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːɲɪ/

Noun

cúinne m (genitive singular cúinne, nominative plural cúinní)

1. angle (corner where two walls intersect), corner (space in the angle between converging lines or walls), nook (small corner formed by two walls)

Declension

Declension of cúinne (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cúinne cúinní vocative a chúinne a chúinní genitive cúinne cúinní dative cúinne cúinní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cúinne na cúinní genitive an chúinne na gcúinní dative leis an gcúinne don chúinne leis na cúinní

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúinne

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cúinne	chúinne	gcúinne

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cúinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cúinne”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 210
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúinne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cúinne”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cúinne”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025