cipín
Irish
Etymology
ceap + -ín
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /cɪˈpʲiːnʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈcɪpʲiːnʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcɪpʲinʲ/
Noun
cipín m (genitive singular cipín, nominative plural cipíní)
- little stick, twig
- (music) stick with which a bodhrán is played
- matchstick (stem of match)
- Synonyms: cipín solais, lasán
- matchstick (stick of food)
- breadstick
- Synonym: cipín aráin
- (veterinary medicine, in the plural) clams used in castration
Declension
Declension of cipín
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- bheith ar cipíní (“to be on tenterhooks”, verb)
- bosca cipíní (“match-box”)
- ceann cipín (“airhead, blockhead, bird brain”)
- cipín a lasadh (“to light a match”, verb)
- cipín aráin (“breadstick”)
- cipín cleasach (“trap-stick”)
- cipíneach (“broken sticks; matchwood; commotion, fighting; stick-insect”)
- cipíneach (“woody”, adjective)
- cipíní (cos) (“thin legs, pegs”)
- cipín solais (“match”)
Descendants
- → Yola: kippeens (plural)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cipín | chipín | gcipín |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cipín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cipín” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cipín” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.