cointinn

Irish

Alternative forms

  • coinntinn (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish contan,[2] from Proto-Brythonic *konten, a substantivization of Latin contendō.

Pronunciation

Noun

cointinn f (genitive singular cointinne)

  1. contention (argument, strife struggle)
  2. controversy (debate of opposing opinions)

Declension

Declension of cointinn (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cointinn
vocative a chointinn
genitive cointinne
dative cointinn
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chointinn
genitive na cointinne
dative leis an gcointinn
don chointinn

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • cointinneach

Mutation

Mutated forms of cointinn
radical lenition eclipsis
cointinn chointinn gcointinn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “cointinn”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “contan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 389, page 130

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