tóin

See also: toin, tòin, and töin

Icelandic

Noun

tóin

  1. definite nominative singular of

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

Noun

tóin f (genitive singular tóna, nominative plural tóineanna)

  1. buttocks
  2. arse, bum, ass, butt
  3. rear, back
  4. (nautical) aft, stern
  5. (architecture, of a building) basement, cellar

Declension

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Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

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