cipín

Irish

Etymology

ceap +‎ -ín

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /cɪˈpʲiːnʲ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈcɪpʲiːnʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɪpʲinʲ/

Noun

cipín m (genitive singular cipín, nominative plural cipíní)

little stick, twig
1. (music) stick with which a bodhrán is played
2. matchstick (stem of match)
  Synonyms: cipín solais, lasán
3. matchstick (stick of food)
4. breadstick
  Synonym: cipín aráin
(veterinary medicine, in the plural) clams used in castration

Declension

Declension of cipín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cipín	cipíní
Vocative	a chipín	a chipíní
Genitive	cipín	cipíní
Dative	cipín	cipíní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cipín	na cipíní
Genitive	an chipín	na gcipíní
Dative	leis an gcipín don chipín	leis na cipíní

Derived terms

bheith ar cipíní (“to be on tenterhooks”, verb)
bosca cipíní (“match-box”)
ceann cipín (“airhead, blockhead, bird brain”)
cipín a lasadh (“to light a match”, verb)
cipín aráin (“breadstick”)
cipín cleasach (“trap-stick”)
cipín solais (“match”)
cipíneach (“broken sticks; matchwood; commotion, fighting; stick-insect”)
cipíneach (“woody”, adjective)
cipíní (cos) (“thin legs, pegs”)

Descendants

→ Yola: kippeens (plural)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cipín	chipín	gcipín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cipín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “cipín” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “cipín” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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