muinín
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish muinigin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]muinín f (genitive singular muiníne)
- trust, confidence, reliance on (with as the person or thing trusted in or relied on)
- Bhí muinín aige as Dia. ― He trusted in God.
- Ná cuir muinín i gclaíomh briste. ― Do not put your trust in a broken sword.
Declension
[edit]Declension of muinín
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- drochmhuinín (“lack of confidence”)
- féinmhuinín (“self-confidence”)
- téigh i muinín (“trust in, rely on, have recourse to”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
muinín | mhuinín | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muinigin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “muiniġin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 500
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muinín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46