soipín

Irish

Etymology

From sop +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠəˈpʲiːnʲ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɛpʲiːnʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠʌpʲinʲ/

Noun

soipín m (genitive singular soipín, nominative plural soipíní)

Diminutive of sop (“wisp, bundle of straw”)
(in the plural) pallet, nest

Declension

Declension of soipín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	soipín	soipíní
Vocative	a shoipín	a shoipíní
Genitive	soipín	soipíní
Dative	soipín	soipíní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an soipín	na soipíní
Genitive	an tsoipín	na soipíní
Dative	leis an soipín don soipín	leis na soipíní

Descendants

→ Yola: zippeen, sippeen

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
soipín	shoipín after an, tsoipín	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “soipín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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