tóin
See also: toin, tòin, and töin
Icelandic
Noun
tóin
- definite nominative singular of tó
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish tón (“anus”), from Proto-Celtic *tuknā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. Cognate with English thigh. Compare Scottish Gaelic tòin.
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠoːnʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /t̪ˠuːnʲ/
Noun
tóin f (genitive singular tóna, nominative plural tóineanna)
- buttocks
- arse, bum, ass, butt
- rear, back
- (nautical) aft, stern
- (architecture, of a building) basement, cellar
Declension
Declension of tóin
Third declension
Bare forms:
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Synonyms
- cúl
- deireadh
- bonn
Derived terms
- gnéas tóna
- níl aon tóin tinn mar do thóin tinn féin
- póg mo thóin
- tóin in airde
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tóin | thóin | dtóin |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 393
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “tón”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 744
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tóin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN