coinean

Scottish Gaelic

Coinean.

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin cuniculus (“rabbit”). Cognate with Irish coinín and Manx conneeyn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔɲan/

Noun

coinean m (genitive singular coinein, plural coineanan)

1. rabbit

Declension

Declension of coinean (type I masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	coinean	coineanan
genitive	coinein	choineanan
dative	coinean	coineanan; coineanaibh✝
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) coinean	(na) coineanan
genitive	(a') choinein	(nan) coineanan
dative	(a') choinean	(na) coineanan; coineanaibh✝
vocative	choinein	choineanan

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

• rabaid, coineanach

Derived terms

• ban-choinean
• coineanach
• fear-choinean

Mutation

Mutation of coinean

radical	lenition
coinean	choinean

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

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “coinean”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 156