lánúin

lánúin

Irish

Alternative forms

• lánú
• lánamha, lánamhain, lánamhuin, lánmha, lánughadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish lánamain.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɑːˈn̪ˠuːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɑːnˠuːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠaːnˠũnʲ/[1]

Noun

lánúin f (genitive singular lánúine or lánúna, nominative plural lánúineacha or lánúnacha)

1. couple (two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship)

Declension

As a second-declension noun:

Declension of lánúin

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative lánúin lánúineacha Vocative a lánúin a lánúineacha Genitive lánúine lánúineacha Dative lánúin lánúineacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an lánúin na lánúineacha Genitive na lánúine na lánúineacha Dative leis an lánúin don lánúin leis na lánúineacha

As a third-declension noun:

Declension of lánúin

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative lánúin lánúnacha Vocative a lánúin a lánúnacha Genitive lánúna lánúnacha Dative lánúin lánúnacha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an lánúin na lánúnacha Genitive na lánúna na lánúnacha Dative leis an lánúin don lánúin leis na lánúnacha

Further reading

• “lánúin” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lánamain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “lánaṁain” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 418.
• "lánúin" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21