cnaipín

Irish

Etymology 1

From cnaipe (“button”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

cnaipín m (genitive singular cnaipín, nominative plural cnaipíní)

  1. diminutive of cnaipe
  2. little button

Etymology 2

From cnap (“knob”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

cnaipín m (genitive singular cnaipín, nominative plural cnaipíní)

  1. diminutive of cnap
  2. little knob or lump; nugget

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cnaipín chnaipín gcnaipín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “cnaipín” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • “nugget” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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