cnaipín

Irish

Etymology 1

From cnaipe (“button”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

cnaipín m (genitive singular cnaipín, nominative plural cnaipíní)

  1. Diminutive of cnaipe
  2. little button

Etymology 2

From cnap (“knob”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

cnaipín m (genitive singular cnaipín, nominative plural cnaipíní)

  1. Diminutive of cnap
  2. little knob or lump; nugget

Declension
Declension of cnaipín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cnaipín cnaipíní
Vocative a chnaipín a chnaipíní
Genitive cnaipín cnaipíní
Dative cnaipín cnaipíní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cnaipín na cnaipíní
Genitive an chnaipín na gcnaipíní
Dative leis an gcnaipín

don chnaipín

 leis na cnaipíní

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cnaipín chnaipín gcnaipín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cnaipín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 155
  • “nugget”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023
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