muinín

Irish

Alternative forms

• muinidhin, muinighin (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish muinigin.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠɪˈnʲiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪnʲiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪnʲinʲ/

Noun

muinín f (genitive singular muiníne)

1. trust, confidence, reliance on (with as + the person or thing trusted in or relied on)

   Bhí muinín aige as Dia. ― He trusted in God.

   Ná cuir muinín i gclaíomh briste. ― Do not put your trust in a broken sword.

Declension

Declension of muinín (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative muinín vocative a mhuinín genitive muiníne dative muinín forms with the definite article case singular nominative an mhuinín genitive na muiníne dative leis an muinín don mhuinín

Synonyms

• (trust): dóchas, iontaoibh

Derived terms

• drochmhuinín (“lack of confidence”)
• féinmhuinín (“self-confidence”)
• muiníneach (“trusting, reliant”, adjective)
• téigh i muinín (“trust in, rely on, have recourse to”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of muinín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
muinín	mhuinín	not applicable

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), “muinigin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “muiniġin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 500
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muinín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46