coinín
Irish

coinín
Etymology
Borrowing from Anglo-Norman conil, from Latin cunīculus (“rabbit”), + -ín. The sense ‘vagina’ may be a semantic loan from English cunny.
Noun
coinín m (genitive singular coinín, nominative plural coiníní)
Declension
Declension of coinín
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- coinín angóra (“angora rabbit”)
- cró coinín (“rabbit hutch”)
Related terms
- coinicéar (“warren”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coinín | choinín | gcoinín |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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