goirín

Irish

Alternative forms

garán, goirgín, góirín, gorán, guireán, guirín

Etymology

From gor (“inflammation”) +‎ -ín

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪɾʲinʲ/

Noun

goirín m (genitive singular goirín, nominative plural goiríní)

pimple (inflamed spot on the surface of the skin)
pustule
Synonym: puchóid
spot (pimple, pustule)
Synonym: spota
wen (a cyst on the skin)

Declension

Declension of goirín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	goirín	goiríní
Vocative	a ghoirín	a ghoiríní
Genitive	goirín	goiríní
Dative	goirín	goiríní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an goirín	na goiríní
Genitive	an ghoirín	na ngoiríní
Dative	leis an ngoirín don ghoirín	leis na goiríní

Derived terms

goirín dubh (“blackhead”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
goirín	ghoirín	ngoirín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“goirín” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “guirín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
“goirgín” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 377.
“goirín” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 377.
“guirín” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 388.
"goirín" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44

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