coirpín

Irish

Etymology

From corp (“body”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

coirpín m (genitive singular coirpín, nominative plural coirpíní)

1. corpuscle
2. body

Declension

Declension of coirpín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative coirpín coirpíní vocative a choirpín a choirpíní genitive coirpín coirpíní dative coirpín coirpíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an coirpín na coirpíní genitive an choirpín na gcoirpíní dative leis an gcoirpín don choirpín leis na coirpíní

Derived terms

• coirpín fola, fuilchoirpín (“blood corpuscle”)
• coirpín mailpígeach (“Malpighian corpuscle”)
• coirpíneach (“corpuscular”, adjective)
• frithchoirpín (“antibody”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of coirpín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coirpín	choirpín	gcoirpín

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) “coirpín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN