coinín

Irish

coinín

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle English or Anglo-Norman conin, ultimately from Latin cunīculus (“rabbit”), adapted to the suffix -ín. The sense “vagina” may be a semantic loan from English cunny.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈnʲiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪnʲinʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪn̠ʲinʲ/ (as if spelled coinnín)

Noun

coinín m (genitive singular coinín, nominative plural coiníní)

1. rabbit (mammal)
2. (vulgar, colloquial) vagina

Declension

Declension of coinín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative coinín coiníní vocative a choinín a choiníní genitive coinín coiníní dative coinín coiníní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an coinín na coiníní genitive an choinín na gcoiníní dative leis an gcoinín don choinín leis na coiníní

Derived terms

• coinín angóra (“angora rabbit”)
• cró coinín (“rabbit hutch”)

Related terms

• coinicéar (“warren”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coinín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coinín	choinín	gcoinín

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), “coinín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coinín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 165
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “coinín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coinín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm