coinne

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish coinne (“meeting, appointment, tryst; expectation”), a later form of coinnem (“visiting company, guest(s); band; (right to) free billetting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪn̠ʲə/

Noun

coinne f (genitive singular coinne, nominative plural coinní)

1. tryst, appointment, date
2. expectation (with le plus the person or thing expected)

   Synonym: súil

   Tá coinne agam leis.

   I am expecting him.

Declension

Declension of coinne (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative coinne coinní vocative a choinne a choinní genitive coinne coinní dative coinne coinní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an choinne na coinní genitive na coinne na gcoinní dative leis an gcoinne don choinne leis na coinní

Derived terms

• do choinne, faoi choinne, i gcoinne (“(appointed, intended) for; in expectation of, to get”)
• i gcoinne (“against, opposed to; in every”)
• os coinne (“in front of, opposite”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coinne

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coinne	choinne	gcoinne

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coinnem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coinne”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “coinne”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025