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
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- goirín dubh (“blackhead”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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